Kate Whoriskey (born 1970)Broadway actor Daniel Breaker joins Intiman cast of 'A Doctor in Spite of Himself' by Misha Berson, Seattle Times, September 4, 2010 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."Kate Whoriskey to replace Bartlett Sher at Intiman" , Seattle Times, June 18, 2009. Whoriskey is married to actor Daniel Breaker who has played Donkey in Shrek the Musical on Broadway. Whoriskey and Breaker have a son, named Rory, born in 2008.Profile, Los Angeles Times, June 18, 2009.Hernandez, Ernio. "Photo Call: Strange Love: Broadway's Breaker Celebrates" playbill.com, April 1, 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 Princeton UniversityBiography , Princeton University, USA. and an associate artist at South Coast Repertory in Orange County, California. She was briefly associated with Intiman Theatre in Seattle, in 2010 to 2011, prior to its closure due to cash flow problems.Hetrick, Adam. "Kate Whoriskey Exits Role as Artistic Director of Intiman Theatre" playbill.com, April 21, 2011
Directing credits A partial list of Whoriskey's directing credits is in the table below.
Sources: Internet Off-Broadway Database"Kate Whoriskey Off-Broadway" lortel.org, accessed February 5, 2016 Internet Broadway Database"Kate Whoriskey Broadway" playbillvault.com, accessed February 5, 2016 American Theatre Wing"Kate Whoriskey biography" American Theatre Wing
PlayAuthorTheaterYear and Notes Ruined Lynn Nottage Goodman Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club 2008"'Ruined' Goodman" goodmantheatre.org, accessed February 5, 2016 Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine Lynn Nottage Playwrights Horizons 2004 (world premiere) Intimate Apparel Lynn Nottage South Coast Repertory 2003 (world premiere)"'Intimate Apparel' program scr.org, April 2003, accessed February 5, 2016 The Piano Teacher Julia Cho Vineyard Theatre 2007 (world premiere)Vineyard Theatre summary. Interview with Julia Cho, Vineyard Theatre website. Hernandez, Ernio. "Julia Cho's 'Piano Teacher', Starring Tony Winner Franz, Opens at the Vineyard Nov. 18" playbill.com, November 18, 2007 Last Tree in Antarctica Julia Cho Ensemble Studio Theatre 2007 Massacre José Rivera LAByrinth Theater Company 2005 (world premiere)"'Massacre' Listing" labtheater.org, accessed February 5, 2016 The Tempest William Shakespeare Shakespeare Theatre Company 2005Marks, Peter. "Only Ariel Escapes This Earthbound 'Tempest'" Washington Post, March 30, 2005 Vigils Noah Haidle Goodman Theatre 2006 (world premiere)Vigils summary at Goodman Theatre. The Rose Tattoo Tennessee Williams Goodman Theatre 2002 Heartbreak House George Bernard Shaw Goodman Theatre 2004Phillips, Michael. "Goodman's 'House' a blaring universe of whimsy" Chicago Tribune, May 13, 2004 The Master Builder Henrik Ibsen American Repertory Theater (ART) 1999 Blue/Orange Joe Penhall Intiman Theatre 2003 The Lady from the Sea Henrik Ibsen Intiman Theatre 2001 Macbeth William Shakespeare California Shakespeare Theater 2002"Flashy staging overwhelms 'Macbeth' / Actors can't compete with props in Cal Shakespeare production" sfgate.com, July 8, 2002 Inked Baby Christina Anderson Playwrights Horizons 2009 The Chairs Eugène Ionesco Intiman Theatre 2000 Drowning Crow Regina Taylor Goodman Theatre 2002 (world premiere)"Richard Brooks Stars in Regina Taylor's 'Drowning Crow' at Goodman, Jan. 6-Feb. 10" playbill.com, January 6, 2002 Life Is a Dream Pedro Calderón de la Barca South Coast Repertory 2007"'Life is a Dream' program" scr.org, accessed February 5, 2016 The Caucasian Chalk Circle Bertolt Brecht South Coast Repertory 2005Chalk Circle program . Antigone Sophocles South Coast Repertory 2004Shirley, Don. "A vision of 'Antigone' shaped by Sept. 11" Los Angeles Times, February 2, 2004 The Clean House Sarah Ruhl South Coast Repertory 2005"Clean House program" scr.org, January 21 - February 27, 2005, accessed February 5, 2016 The Miracle Worker William Gibson (playwright) Circle in the Square Theatre 2010 - Opening: Mar. 3. Ruined Lynn Nottage Intiman Theatre 2010Berson, Misha. "The road to ‘Ruined’: drama at Intiman is a powerful tale of human resilience in wartime" Seattle Times, July 3, 2010 How I Learned to Drive Paula Vogel Second Stage Theater 2012Piepenberg, Eric. "Butz and Reaser to Star in 'How I Learned to Drive'" New York Times, Arts Beat, November 8, 2011 Sweat Lynn Nottage Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2015 - World PremiereWeinerdt-Kent, Rob. "How Lynn Nottage, Inveterate Wanderer, Found Her Way to Reading and ‘Sweat’" americantheatre.org, July 10, 2015Sweat osfashland.org, accessed February 5, 2016 co-produced with Arena Stage (2016) / 2016 - Public Theater / 2017 - Studio 54, Broadway Tales From Red Vienna David Grimm Manhattan Theatre Club 2014 Good People David Lindsay-Abaire Huntington Theatre Company 2012
Other work Other theatres where she has directed include:
Theatre for a New Audience (New York), Oroonoko, 2008"Production History, 2008" tfana.org, accessed February 5, 2016Hernandez, Ernio. "Albert Jones Will Star in American Premiere of 'Oroonoko'" playbill.com, January 3, 2008 Center Stage (theater) (Baltimore, MD) (2003)Simonson, Robert. "Baltimore's Center Stage Presents New Lynn Nottage Play, 'Intimate Apparel', Feb. 26" playbill.com, February 8, 2003 Perseverance Theatre (Alaska) (2000)Woodfors, Riley. "Polishing the jewel of 'Desire'" juneauempire.com, November 16, 2000 Actors Theatre of Louisville Sundance Theatre Lab at the Sundance Institute, (Park City, UT), 2005Jones, Kenneth. "Gurwin, Morton, Glushak, Bergl Among 2005 Sundance Theatre Lab Actors July 11-31" playbill.com, July 11, 2005 Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, (Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY) (2006)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 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.
References
External links Intiman Theater website South Coast Repertory website Charlie Rose interview (about production of Ruined), July 14, 2009, 12 minute video