Katie Matthews

Favorite Shakespeare Play: 

Twelfth Night (We’re all thinking about that photo of Anne Hathaway, Audra McDonald, and Raul Ezparza. You know the one.)

Shakespeare Character That Best Describes Me:

Rosalind- As You Like It

Favorite Shakespeare Quote:

My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.- Taming of the Shrew

Favorite Play That Isn’t by Shakespeare:

Brontë by Polly Teale, Venus In Fur by David Ives, The Light in the Piazza with music and lyrics by Adam Guettel and a book by Craig Lucas.

All-Time Favorite ASC Moment:

I was lucky enough to visit when I was in high school and see ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and sit on a gallant stool! I got to sit on that very stool 15 years later to see one of my best friends perform on the Blackfriars stage. It was truly a wonderful, full-circle moment.

BIOGRAPHY:

Katie is a writer, performer, crafter, and life-long theater fanatic, fresh from Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City. A Virginia Beach native, she’s performed in stages all over the Tidewater area in productions large and small. Favorite roles include: Anne (A Little Night Music), Sister Mary Patrick (Sister Act: The Musical), and Enid Hoops/Ensemble (Legally Blonde: The Musical). While there, she also had the pleasure to perform as a member of The Doorway Singers for two years.

Katie has a passion for all sides of theater-making, including assistant directing and executive producing for the coLABoartion Theater, specializing in bringing new works to the stage. She’s thrilled to combine her love of theater and efficiency into this position.

Her favorite pastimes include creative writing, singing, sewing, making a perfect playlist for every occasion, and snuggling with her cat: Shadow.