Katie directed As You Like It for Smith Street Stage’s annual Shakespeare in Carroll Park series.

As You Like It - Shakespeare in Carroll Park - June 9th—25th 2023 - Carroll Park, Brooklyn

Photo by James Jin

Katie and her mom/co-creator Mary Wright performed Kitchen Chronicles at Touchstone Theatre in Bethlehem, PA from Feb. 10—20th, 2022. It was an absolute joy to get this project in front of audiences and the show was critically acclaimed and very warmly received!

Reviews:

“Personal theater such as this could not be brought off without actors of the highest intensity, expressiveness and performance…

Willmorth… is all angles and arches, her body often akimbo as she scurries and scrapes, and bends and stretches, a body in motion, and she tends to stay in motion, and emotion. Her wide eyes and rubbery face is transfixing. She has a Puckish presence and charm.

I loved this play. I loved the concept. I loved the dialogue. I loved the actors. I loved the love that Wright and Willmorth share with each other and allow the audience to share. “Kitchen Chronicles” is worthy of an off-Broadway production or touring production by Wright and Willmorth… This is world-class theater. Don’t miss it.” —Paul Willistein, Lehigh Valley Press

I am so excited to return to one of the places I grew up to perform the role of Caroline in I and You by Lauren Gunderson at Boise Contemporary Theater! We begin rehearsals on September 20th, and performances run from Oct. 13th — Nov. 6th. I’m so overwhelmed by the opportunity to be back in a rehearsal room working on a life-affirming play as BCT reopens their doors to their audience.

October 13—November 6 at Boise Contemporary Theater, directed by Kittson O’Neill.

A program from a recent version of Kitchen Chronicles, the basis for a new play being co-created by Katie and her mother, Mary Wright!

Katie is currently in process, writing and co-creating a new theater piece with her mom, storyteller and theater artist Mary Wright. Based on earlier story gathering and a one-woman show written and performed by Mary, the two are expanding her project into a 2-person show. Their version of Kitchen Chronicles is scheduled to be performed at Touchstone Theater in Bethlehem, PA in February of 2022. Mary and Katie were selected to continue development of the piece at the 2021 Fresh Ground Pepper BRB Retreat this August!

Katie will play Juliet in Romeo & Juliet for Smith Street Stage as their 10th Anniversary Shakespeare in Carroll Park production. Performances are June 12th—June 30th in Carroll Park, Brooklyn, NY.

Photo Credit: Chris Montgomery

Photo Credit: Chris Montgomery

Happy New Year! First thing this year, Katie is joining AEA. It's an honor to join the stage actors union and to look forward to the work that awaits in 2018 and beyond!

Katie spent the fall of 2017 performing Romeo and Juliet for junior and senior high school students as well as teaching workshops on theater and Shakespeare!

The 2017 Linny Fowler WillPower Tour of Romeo and Juliet

Read this article about our work in the schools! Below is an excerpt:

Katie Willmorth, a Shakespeare Festival cast member, was enthusiastic about what live theater offers young people. “In our culture today,” she said, “people are told Shakespeare will be hard to understand and when you tell someone that, that it’s inaccessible, they will see it that way.”

“If we do our job, they will understand (the play) better than they thought ... rather than approach it with apprehension or fear,” she added.

This summer, Katie has been busy shooting commercial projects for Ebay, Amazon Web Services, and the New York Times. 

Most recently, Katie filmed her first TV episode, which will appear in season 3 of Mr. Robot on USA! 

This fall, Katie will be joining Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's WillPower tour, bringing a production of Romeo and Juliet to schools in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey.

Katie is playing the Duke of Buckingham in Richard III with Smith Street Stage, a New York Innovative Theater Award-winning company in their 8th season of producing Shakespeare in Carroll Park. 

Katie as The Duke of Buckingham (Photo: Chris Montgomery)

Katie Willmorth gives an especially noteworthy performance as the Duke of Buckingham, who is Richard's chief co-conspirator.

She's riveting as a tough girl who matches Richard in his skills as a smooth-talking politician. 

-Brooklyn Eagle 6/12/2017