Kathryn MacKay
Kathryn MacKay is a Kingston based actor and director.
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Life
MacKay is married to Greg Wanless, a professor at Queen's University. They have two sons.
Education
Mackay received her BAH in Drama and History from Queen's University, before going on to receive her B.Ed from there as well. She graduated with honours both times, before going to The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts to get her MA in Text and Performance studies, where she graduated with distinction. [1]
Career
MacKay is a founding member and served as Associate Artistic Director of the Thousand Islands Playhouse until 2012. Favourite directing credits there include: The Clockmaker, The Drowning Girls, The Russian Play/Essay, The Girl in the Goldfish Bowl, The Drowsy Chaperone, Trying and Half Life. Outside of the over 100 shows she's done with the Thousand Islands Playhouse[2], other directing credits include: Hothouse, How I learned to Drive, Perfect Pie, The Passion, Shape of a Girl, Vigil (Theatre Kingston), Women Who Shout at the Stars (Summerworks), Rare, Down Syndrome by the Dozen (PeerLess Productions). Currently MacKay is the Interim Artistic Director/General Manager of Theatre Kingston and the Artistic Director of PeerLess Productions.[3]
Selected Credits
Directing Experience
| Year | Show | Playwright | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The Revolutions | Rhiannon Collette | SpiderWebShow | New work |
| 2016 | Hothouse | Judith Thompson | Theatre Kingston | New work |
| 2015 | Exposure | John Lazarus | Undershaft & Lazarus | New work |
| 2014 | Rare | Judith Thompson | PeerLess Productions | |
| 2014 | Women Who Shout at the Stars | Carolyn Hetherington | SummerWorks/Ottawa Fringe | New work |
| 2013 | Vigil | Morris Panych | Theatre Kingston | |
| 2012 | The Clockmaker | Stephen Massicotte | Thousand Islands Playhouse | |
| 2011 | Stone Soup | David Archibald | H’ART Studio | New work |
| 2010 | Up the River | John Corrigan | Thousand Islands Playhouse | New work |
| 2010 | Between Drinks | Mary O’Malley | Guilguid Theatre, London UK | New work |
| 2010 | Freedom ’85 | Deb Hale | Theatre Orangeville/Lighthouse | New work |
| 2008 | The Garbage and the Flowers | Kim Renders | Theatre Kingston | New work |
| 2008 | Half Life | John Meighton | Thousand Islands Playhouse | |
| 2008 | Women Beware Women | Thomas Middleton adapted by Kate Graham | Guerilla Cabaret, Los Angeles | |
| 2008 | Russian Play/Essay | Hannah Moscovitch | Thousand Islands Playhouse | |
| 2008 | Newton Finds a Home | David Archibald | H’ART Studio | New work |
| 2007 | The Classroom | Mary O’Malley | Guerilla Cabaret, NYC | New work |
| 2007 | The Red Priest | Meicho Ouchi | Thousand Islands Playhouse | |
| 2006 | Sexy Laundry | Michelle Riml | Thousand Islands Playhouse | |
| 2006 | Perfect Pie | Judith Thompson | Thousand Islands Playhouse | |
| 2006 | A Woman Killed With Kindness | Thomas Heywood | RADA, London UK | |
| 2005 | The Winter’s Tale | William Shakespeare | RADA, London UK | |
| 2005 | The Cost of Living | Morris Panych | Thousand Islands Playhouse | |
| 2005 | Trying | Joanna McLelland Glass | Thousand Islands Playhouse | |
| 2004 | Girl in a Goldfish Bowl | Morris Panych | Thousand Islands Playhouse | |
| 2003 | The Shape of a Girl | Joan McLeod | Theatre Kingston | |
| 2003 | Blessings in Disguise | Douglas Beattie | Thousand Islands Playhouse | New work |
| 2002 | How I Learned to Drive | Paula Vogel | Theatre Kingston | |
| 2001 | The Passion | Laurie Fyffe | Theatre Kingston | New work |
Location
Name:Kathryn MacKay
Location:Kingston
Category:Artists
Latitude:44.220892
Longitude:-76.506107
