Kate is an actor, singer, director, author, and coach.
An Associate Professor and Head of Theater at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, Kate specializes in Acting, Voice, Speech and Dialects, and Musical Theatre. She is an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®, and a narrator of audio books with ACX/Audible. She is also the creator of the Vibrant Channel Breathwork™ modality of holistic actor training. She currently works in theater, t.v. and film in New Mexico when she can fit projects in between her teaching and directing schedule.
She lives in Santa Fe with her wife, Karina, and four waggy and hilarious dogs. She enjoys yoga, swimming, hiking, soaking in mineral pools, listening to podcasts and audio books, and watching moody detective series’, preferably with subtitles. She also sings, narrates audio books, acts in theater and film, teach and directs plays and musicals in the UNM Department of Theater and Dance.
A graduate of Oberlin College (BA) and the University of Washington (MFA), Kate been seen on both small and regional stages in New York, Seattle, Edinburgh, Denver, San Francisco, Cleveland, Jacksonville, New Orleans, Santa Fe, and Moscow, ID. Previously, she has taught Acting, Movement and Voice at Oberlin Theater Institute, The University of Washington, Tulane University, CUNY Hunter College, and Juniata College.