Kate Marks

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Director/Playwright (Selected Credits)
Poetic Larceny Director Flux Theatre Ensemble: NY, NY 2009
Simple Director New Orleans Fringe Festival: LA 2008
Imagination Director Flux Theatre Ensemble: NY, NY 2008
Odyssey Director/Playwright The Looking Glass Theatre: NY, NY 2007
I-95 South Director/Playwright Living Room Series, HERE: NY, NY 2006
The Lamp's Lit Director Milk Can Theatre: NY, NY 2006
Painting the Wind Director ArtStart: NY, NY 2006
The Fall Director The Looking Glass Theatre: NY, NY 2005
Ark Director/Playwright The Looking Glass Theatre: NY, NY 2004
Jack! Director/Choreographer The Looking Glass Theatre: NY, NY 2004
Flyers Playwright Looking Glass Forum: NY, NY 2004
Odyssey Director/Playwright Baracken Theatre: Wust, Germany 2003
Selected Poems Director
Messenger Theatre Company: NY, NY 2005
Toots and Company Director Makor: NY, NY 2005
Romeo and Juliet Director/Choreographer Looking Glass Forum: NY, NY 2003
Nothing of Origins Director/Mask Creator Studio 42 at Urban Stages: NY, NY 2003
Reproduction Director Riant Theatre: NY, NY  2002
Lola... Director/Choreographer Looking Glass Forum: NY, NY 2002
Faith Director/Dramaturge Broadway Institute: NY, NY 2003
Bumping Umbrellas Director/Choreographer Pantheon Theatre: NY, NY 2003
Bumping Umbrellas Director/Choreographer Surf Reality: NY, NY 2002
Bumping Umbrellas Director/Choreographer Don’t Tell Mama: NY, NY 2002
Bumping Umbrellas Director/Choreographer Strawberry Festival (Finalist): NY, NY 2002
Bumping Umbrellas Director/Choreographer Looking Glass Forum: NY, NY 2002
Decent Director Looking Glass Forum: NY, NY 2001
Walmartopia Assistant Director Minetta Lane Theatre: NY, NY 2007
Victoria Martin... Assistant Director Women’s Project: NY, NY 2007
Godspell Assistant Director Paper Mill Playhouse: Millburn, NJ 2006

Playwright
Mouse Hole Screenwriter Woodshed Collective Reading: NY, NY 2009
Bird House Playwright KNF Co.: NY, NY 2009
A Chicken Goes To... Playwright Samuel French One Act Festival: NY, NY 2008
The Patriots Playwright Looking Glass Forum: NY, NY 2006
Bird House Playwright Reading at New Dramatists: NY, NY 2006
Flyers and Other Tales Playwright Midtown International Festival: NY, NY 2005
Converting Numbers Playwright Looking Glass Forum: NY, NY 2005
I-95 South Playwright New Plays Festival at Brown University 2001

 
Filmmaker
Wanted Filmmaker/Writer See Films, NY, NY April 2009
Jumped Filmmaker/Writer See Films: NY, NY December 2008

 
Actor
1965UU Rosalind Chocolate Factory: Long Island City, NY 2008
1965UU Rosalind hotINK at Tisch, NYU: NY, NY 2008
365 Days/Plays Actor/Dancer Public Theater/Duende Arts: NY, NY 2007
Brothers Grimm
 Actor/Dancer Compound Eye: NY, NY 2006
Crowd Dancer Chashama: NY, NY  2004
Aquarium Mara Brass Tacks Theatre: NY, NY 2003
These Four Walls Ivy Dixon Place: NY, NY 2002
Contents Jane Women’s Project: NY, NY 2002
Backstage at the Circus Shelly Looking Glass Theatre Forum: NY, NY 2002
What I Did Last Summer Bonnie Brown Summer Theatre: Providence, RI 1997
Our Town Rebecca River Rep. Theatre: Ivoryton, CT 1995

 
Dancer
Clerks Dancer Bushwick Starr: Brooklyn, NY 2008
A Variable Population Dancer Various Venues:  NY, NY 2007-2008
Hamlet Choreographer Studio 42: NY, NY 2003
Dusty In My Dreams Choreographer Rose’s Turn: NY, NY 2002
Cabaret Choreographer/Dancer
Baracken Theatre: Wust, Germany 2003
Bust: Comedic Dancers Company Member Various Venues: NY, NY Ongoing

 
Teacher
DREAMYARD: Bronx, NY Dec. 2004 to Present
Teaching Artist
I have collaborated with classroom staff at PS 291, PS 306, PS 54, PS 85 and PS 110 to teach curriculum using theatre and dance culminating in a staged performance.  During the summers, I taught workshops at The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp teaching theatre to terminally ill youth.
KAMP NYC: NY, NY July 2005
Theatre Director
I directed a play with pre-professional teens at this highly selective theatre camp.
THE TRINITY SCHOOL: NY, NY Feb. 2004 to May 2005
Theatre Instructor
I taught theatre skills such as improvisation and character development while preparing students for an original theatrical performance.
THE 52ND STREET PROJECT: NY, NY Feb. 2003 to 2008
Volunteer                 
I served as a playwriting coach, director and mentor to youth in Hell’s Kitchen.
THE LOOKING GLASS THEATRE:  NY, NY Sept. 2003 to June 2005
Movement Instructor
I taught movement classes to adult actors.
THE BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM:  Brooklyn, NY Jan. to Aug. 2004
I planned and taught early childhood programs in cultural topics, science and visual art for visiting families and school groups.
WESTBROOK YOUTH THEATRE: Westbrook, CT Summers 1997 to 2001
Founder and Director
I founded and managed a popular theatre company for children.  As manager of the program I was responsible for artistic direction, choreography, teaching acting and dance, financial management, publicity, set, costume, puppet and sound design.  I supervised a staff of three.
SPACE: Providence, RI Sept. 1998 to May 2001
Program Leader
I facilitated acting, dance and playwriting workshops for women imprisoned in the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institution.  I recruited, trained, and supervised volunteers, produced an anthology of prison writings, conducted fundraising events and evaluated programs. 

 
Education/Training 
Brown University BA, English with Honors in Creative Writing 2001
SITI Company Intensive Viewpoints and Suzuki Training Levels 1 and 2 2003-2004
New School Video Production and Editing 2007
School of Visual Arts Advanced Screenwriting and Final Cut Pro 2008
New Dramatists Intern 2005
Special Skills
Dancing/Movement: Clown, Haitian, West African, Afro-Caribbean, Belly Dance, Tango, Break Dance, Hip-Hop, Ballet, Jazz, Stilt-Walking and Acrobatics.  
Music: Trombone, Guitar, Basic Piano and Voice  
Puppetry: Construction/ Operation   
Mask: Design and Construction