Kate Hamill

Kate Hamill is an actor and playwright. Kate has been one of the most-produced playwrights in America every year from 2017 to the current season; she was the most-produced playwright in the country in the 2024/25 season. Wall Street Journal Playwright of the Year, 2017; Einhorn Award, 2023. Plays include The Light & The Dark (the life and times of Artemisia Gentileschi) at CTC / Primary Stages (originated Artemisia; nominee, Best Play, Off-Broadway Alliance Award), Pride & Prejudice – Primary Stages / HVSF (originated role of Lizzy; nominee, Off-Broadway Alliance Award; WhatsOnstage nominee – United Kingdom), 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 and the Jungle, Dracula at Classic Stage Company (originated Renfield), Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, Apt. #2B at KCRep, The Little Fellow (or: the Queen of Tarts Tells All) at Cygnet Theatre, Emma at the Guthrie, BadAssGalBoss at Primary Stages, The Scarlet Letter at Two River Theatre; The Odyssey at A.R.T. (2X Eliot Norton Award Nominee, for Outstanding Featured Performance and Outstanding New Script). Other plays include Scrooge for Senate, The Piper (O’Neill Finalist, PlayPenn Fellow), In the Mines (Sundance Finalist), The Janes and The Aristocrats.

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