KATE HAMILL (Playwright/actor)

Kate Hamill is an actor and playwright. Kate has been one of the most-produced playwrights nationwide for the last 7 years, from 2017-current season. Wall Street Journal Playwright of the Year, 2017; Einhorn Award, 2023. Plays include Pride & Prejudice at Primary Stages / HVSF (originated role of Lizzy; nominee, Off-Broadway Alliance Award); Sense & Sensibility at Bedlam (originated role of Marianne; winner, Off-Broadway Alliance Award; nominee, Drama League Award); Vanity Fair at the Pearl (originated Becky; nominee, Off-Broadway Alliance Award); Mansfield Park at Northlight; Little Women at Primary Stages & the Jungle; Dracula at Classic Stage Company; Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, Apt. #2B at KCRep; The Little Fellow at Cygnet Theatre; Emma at the Guthrie; The Scarlet Letter at Two River. Other plays include Scrooge for Senate, BadAssGalBoss - Mandatory Meeting, The Piper (O’Neill Finalist, PlayPenn Fellowship), In the Mines (Sundance Finalist), and The Odyssey. Her plays have been produced Off-Broadway, at A.R.T., the Guthrie, Seattle Rep, The Alley, Folger, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Trinity Rep, Pittsburgh Public, Dorset Theatre Festival, Shakespeare Theatre of DC, Dallas Theater Center, Kansas City Rep, Long Wharf, A.C.T., Actors Theater of Louisville, Denver Center, and many others. Upcoming World Premieres: The Odyssey at A.R.T. www.kate-hamill.com