Kate Whoriskey (born 1970)
by Misha Berson, Seattle Times, September 4, 2010 is a freelance theatre director.

Personal life

Whoriskey grew up in

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. She majored in theater at

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(Experimental Theater Wing) (graduating in 1992) and in 1998 she completed a post-graduate program in directing from the

American Repertory Theater The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is a professional not-for-profit theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1979 by Robert Brustein, the A.R.T. is known for its commitment to new American plays and music–theater explorations; to n ...

's (A.R.T.)

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. Whoriskey is married to actor Daniel Breaker who has played Donkey in

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on Broadway. Whoriskey and Breaker have a son, named Rory, born in 2008.

Professional career

After completing her graduate program at ART, she immediately worked on directing a play there, '' The Master Builder'' by Ibsen.Tom Sellar
"Watching Kate Whoriskey"
, profile American Theatre magazine, July/August 2001, Theatre Communications Group. She has been a visiting lecturer at

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and an associate artist at South Coast Repertory in Orange County,

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. She was briefly associated with

Intiman Theatre Intiman Theatre Festival in Seattle, Washington, was founded in 1972 as a resident theatre by Margaret "Megs" Booker, who named it for August Strindberg's Stockholm theater.

in Seattle, in 2010 to 2011, prior to its closure due to cash flow problems.

Directing credits

A partial list of Whoriskey's directing credits is in the table below. Sources: Internet Off-Broadway Database Internet Broadway Database American Theatre Wing

Other work

Other theatres where she has directed include: * Theatre for a New Audience (New York), ''Oroonoko'', 2008 * Center Stage (theater) (Baltimore, MD) (2003) * Perseverance Theatre (Alaska) (2000) * Actors Theatre of Louisville * Sundance Theatre Lab at the

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, (Park City, UT), 2005 *

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, (Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY) (2006)"Press Release. Bard Summerscape. 'Camille'"
bard.edu, July 6, 2006 * The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center (Waterford, CT) * Geva Theatre Center (Rochester, NY). In her career, she has also worked with writers Nilo Cruz, Michael Ondaatje, and

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References

External links

Intiman Theater website

South Coast Repertory website

Charlie Rose interview
(about production of Ruined), July 14, 2009, 12 minute video {{DEFAULTSORT:Whoriskey, Kate 1970 births Living people People from Acton, Massachusetts Tisch School of the Arts alumni Institute for Advanced Theater Training, Harvard University alumni Princeton University faculty American theatre directors Women theatre directors Artistic directors