Kate Hendrickson
resident director

Kate Hendrickson is a graduate of Bennington College in Vermont. She has worked as an actor, director and theatre teacher in Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and abroad. 
While in San Francisco, Kate co-founded Theatre: Ground Up, an ensemble theatre company, and served as artistic director for three years. Internationally, Kate has performed at the Komedia Theatre in Brighton, England, and participated in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as both an actor and producer. In Los Angeles, Kate did script analysis and casting work for films and television. She also played small roles in several films, and directed the Zoo District Theatre's LA premiere of Metaluna and the Amazing Science of the Mind Revue.

Since the mid-90's Kate has been active in Chicago's off-loop theatre scene. She worked as a director and performer with various groups including: Trap Door, WNEP, Baubo Performance Project, and Improv Olympic. After directing Trap Door's critically acclaimed production of AmeriKafka in 2005, Kate gave birth to a baby daughter and took some time off.  Kate is now back at work, directing two Chicago Premiers for Trap Door's 2007-2008 season-: Emma by Howard Zinn and Beholder by Ken Prestininzi.