KATHRYN MACKAY: Director/Dramaturge Theatre Orangeville
Kathryn is an original founding member of the Thousand Islands Playhouse and currently serves as Associate Artistic Director. For the Firehall Theatre at the Playhouse, she has directed The Girl in the Goldfish Bowl (the inaugural Playhouse production for the theatre), Trying, Perfect Pie, The Red Priest and The Russian Play and Essay by Hannah Moscovitch for the theatre. At the Springer Theatre, she has directed Blessings in Disguise, Sexy Laundry, Looking and Half Life by John Mighton. Kathryn is also an Associate Director of Guerilla Cabaret, an international woman's theatre collective comprised of artists from the UK, Canada and the US. In 2007, she directed Hope at Collective:Unconscious in New York for the company and in 2008 she directed Between Drinks by Mary O'Malley in Los Angeles this summer. She is the former Artistic Director and General Manager for Theatre Kingston and her directing credits there include: How I Learned to Drive, The Passion, The Shape of a Girl and Perfect Pie and The Garbage and the Flowers. In addition to her professional directing work, Kathryn also works with H'art Studio, a company dedicated to promoting literacy in intellectually challenged adults through art. She is currently adapting a book written by the participants for the stage and will direct the finished result.
