Kate Whoriskey
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Kate Whoriskey (born 1970)[1] is a freelance theatre director.
Personal life
Whoriskey grew up in Acton, Massachusetts. She majored in theater at New York University (Experimental Theater Wing) (graduating in 1992) and in 1998 she completed a post-graduate program in directing from the American Repertory Theater's (A.R.T.) Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.[2] Whoriskey is married to actor Daniel Breaker who has played Donkey in Shrek the Musical on Broadway.[1] Whoriskey and Breaker have a son, named Rory, born in 2008.[3][4]
Professional career
After completing her graduate program at ART, she immediately worked on directing a play there,
and an associate artist at
Directing credits
A partial list of Whoriskey's directing credits is in the table below.
Sources: Internet Off-Broadway Database[8] Internet Broadway Database[9] American Theatre Wing[10]
Other work
Other theatres where she has directed include:[citation needed]
- Theatre for a New Audience (New York), Oroonoko, 2008[30][31]
- Center Stage (theater) (Baltimore, MD) (2003)[32]
- Perseverance Theatre (Alaska) (2000)[33]
- Actors Theatre of Louisville
- Sundance Theatre Lab at the Sundance Institute, (Park City, UT), 2005[34]
- Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, (Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY) (2006)[35][36]
- 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 Saïd Sayrafiezadeh.[12]
References
- ^ a b Broadway actor Daniel Breaker joins Intiman cast of 'A Doctor in Spite of Himself' by Misha Berson, Seattle Times, September 4, 2010
- Seattle Times, June 18, 2009.
- ^ Profile, Los Angeles Times, June 18, 2009.
- ^ Hernandez, Ernio. "Photo Call: Strange Love: Broadway's Breaker Celebrates" playbill.com, April 1, 2008
- ^ Tom Sellar, "Watching Kate Whoriskey" Archived 2010-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, profile American Theatre magazine, July/August 2001, Theatre Communications Group.
- ^ Biography Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, Princeton University, USA.
- ^ Hetrick, Adam. "Kate Whoriskey Exits Role as Artistic Director of Intiman Theatre" playbill.com, April 21, 2011
- ^ "Kate Whoriskey Off-Broadway" lortel.org, accessed February 5, 2016
- ^ "Kate Whoriskey Broadway" playbillvault.com, accessed February 5, 2016
- ^ "Kate Whoriskey biography" American Theatre Wing Archived July 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "'Ruined' Goodman" goodmantheatre.org, accessed February 5, 2016
- ^ a b "'Intimate Apparel' program scr.org, April 2003, accessed February 5, 2016
- ^ Vineyard Theatre summary. Archived November 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Interview with Julia Cho, Vineyard Theatre website. Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hernandez, Ernio. "Julia Cho's 'Piano Teacher', Starring Tony Winner Franz, Opens at the Vineyard Nov. 18" playbill.com, November 18, 2007
- ^ "'Massacre' Listing" labtheater.org, accessed February 5, 2016
- ^ Marks, Peter. "Only Ariel Escapes This Earthbound 'Tempest'" Washington Post, March 30, 2005
- ^ Vigils summary at Goodman Theatre.
- ^ Phillips, Michael. "Goodman's 'House' a blaring universe of whimsy" Chicago Tribune, May 13, 2004
- ^ "Flashy staging overwhelms 'Macbeth' / Actors can't compete with props in Cal Shakespeare production" sfgate.com, July 8, 2002
- ^ "Richard Brooks Stars in Regina Taylor's 'Drowning Crow' at Goodman, Jan. 6-Feb. 10" playbill.com, January 6, 2002
- ^ "'Life is a Dream' program" scr.org, accessed February 5, 2016
- ^ Chalk Circle program Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Shirley, Don. "A vision of 'Antigone' shaped by Sept. 11" Los Angeles Times, February 2, 2004
- ^ "Clean House program" scr.org, January 21 - February 27, 2005, accessed February 5, 2016
- ^ Berson, Misha. "The road to ‘Ruined’: drama at Intiman is a powerful tale of human resilience in wartime" Seattle Times, July 3, 2010
- ^ Piepenberg, Eric. "Butz and Reaser to Star in 'How I Learned to Drive'" New York Times, Arts Beat, November 8, 2011
- ^ Weinerdt-Kent, Rob. "How Lynn Nottage, Inveterate Wanderer, Found Her Way to Reading and ‘Sweat’" americantheatre.org, July 10, 2015
- ^ Sweat osfashland.org, accessed February 5, 2016
- ^ "Production History, 2008" tfana.org, accessed February 5, 2016
- ^ Hernandez, Ernio. "Albert Jones Will Star in American Premiere of 'Oroonoko'" playbill.com, January 3, 2008
- playbill.com, February 8, 2003
- ^ Woodfors, Riley. "Polishing the jewel of 'Desire'" juneauempire.com, November 16, 2000
- ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Gurwin, Morton, Glushak, Bergl Among 2005 Sundance Theatre Lab Actors July 11-31" playbill.com, July 11, 2005
- ^ Noh, David. "Still Dancing" gaycitynews.nyc, Volume 5, Number 30 | July 27 - August 2, 2006
- ^ "Press Release. Bard Summerscape. 'Camille'" bard.edu, July 6, 2006
External links
- Intiman Theater website
- South Coast Repertory website
- Charlie Rose interview (about production of Ruined), July 14, 2009, 12 minute video