Awards, productions & publication

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The Little Sisters of Littleton:

        FutureFest Finalist

The 36th Line: 

        Winner: Dorothy SIlver Playwriting Contest

        Finalist: Julie Harris Playwriting Awards

        Finalist: National Playwriting Contest (O'Neill)

Scarsdale:

     Published:  Best 10-Minute Plays, 2021.  Smith & Kraus

     WInner-TASN Radio Festival, Newburyport, MA, 2021

     Winner- North Park Playwright Festival, San Diego, CA 2020 (presented in March, 2022)

     Ridgefield Theater Barn, Ridgefield, CT One-act Festival 

Blue Sky with Approaching Storm:

      Finalist: Maxim Mazumdar Short Play Contest

     Published: ArtAge Senior Resource Center

Missus Dobbs, American:

     Performed at: Rogue Theater Festival, New York

     Sharon Playhouse/Writer's Playground, Sharon, CT

Bread:

     Published: Laughter is the Best Medicine,  Forty-Five  5- Minute Plays in the Time of Coronavirus,   Smith & Kraus

Sufi Dancing:  Actors Theater of Harlem

The Goldfish Bowl: Children's Acting Academy  (2 productions)

• The Little Sisters of Littleton: FUTUREFEST FINALIST, 2022

                   "THE LITTLE SISTERS OF LITTLETON is destined to be produced from sea to shining Seattle. The story of two sisters who find that sisterly love is just as valuable as romantic love may not sound as if it would offer belly laugh after titanic belly laugh, but Kate Katcher's witty and warm script will have theatergoers doing just that. In between, they'll also be wiping occasional emotional tears from their eyes. Here's the quintessential audience pleaser that will still be performed when Justin Bieber files for Social Security. Don't miss the chance to partake of its wonders."

                                           -- Peter Filichia, Broadway Radio 

• Missus Dobbs, American: Martha Dobbs arrives at the airport and January 7th to discover she has been placed on the No-Fly list. FBI agent McCaffrey will help her understand why. Rogue Theater Festival, Sharon Playhouse, New Jersey and San Francisco Film Festivals Semi-finalist.
• The 36th Line: Winner of the Dorothy Silver Playwriting Award, finalist for the National Playwright's Conference, O'Neill Center, this six-character play weaves an old Hebrew legend about the Lamed  , 36 Just individuals, and the modern concept of co-dependence
• Margot: Romantic comedy in which nn aging actress with an abject fear of committment does her level best to sabotage atruly wonderful relationship.
• Remember: One-act play. An old man struggles with reality as he fixates on a past transgression.
• Sufi Dancing: A one-act play that confronts homelesssness and the stress of inner-city life.
• First Impressions: A one-act play about coping with inner-city life.

Short Plays: (10 Minutes or less)

• Scarsdale: A chance encounter on a commuter train changes the course of a woman's day, and maybe her life.
• Blue Skies with Approaching Storm: A visit to an art gallery turns a trip down memory lane into a domestic nightmare.
• Bread: A husband and wife are confronted with the shortage of bread at the start of the Covid pandemic.
• A Nice Drive: Husband and Wife take turns behind the wheel on their way to a leisurely dinner.
• Plannng Ahead: Husband and Wife try to make funeral arrangements.
• Layover at Reagan National- A three-hour layover tskes an unusual turn.

• Dino's Business: An odd friendship with a mentally handicapped man leads a disgruntled bus driver to straighten out his life. Quarterfinalist, Certificate of Merit, Cinestory Screenwriting Awards, 2002.
• Second Chance: A frustrated musician looks back on his life and the choice he made that dashed his dreams.
• Full Circle: A horrible realization leads a man to believe he has inadvertently married his daughter. Optioned by The Entertainment Alliance under the title Within the Circle. Originally optioned by Jon Gordon Productions.
• Doubleplay: A girls baseball team aspires to take on the minor league. Optioned by lion TV.

• The Goldfish Bowl: The daily struggles of young girls in a teen shelter are put aside when the City announces its closing. (Drama)
• Camp Kawanahana: A freak snow-storm hits a summer camp in Maine. (Comedy)
• Peer Review: The all-student review board in a private school tackles discipline for some wacky offenders. (Comedy)
• Seven Minutes in Heaven: two adolescents find themselves locked in a room, expected to 'make-out' for seven minutes. (Comedy)
• Teens At the Mall: four teenage girls and one baby sister cruise the boys at a typical mall. (Comedy)
• Cars: Teenage girls sneak out for a night on the town. (Comedy)
• Filling the Void: three middle-schoolers return to school after skipping out for lunch to find it empty, (Comedy)
• I Fixed It: two young sisters hatch a plan to prevent their father from leaving.

Essays and  ramblings:

Things To Do When You're Dead

• Katie's Secret: an educational film dealing with sexual abuse among teens.
• My Body / My Buddy: Rainbow Media
• Katie's Keys: Drug use among nurses.
• Caring & Sharing: Rainbow Media

MFA in Creative and Professional Writing, specializing in Playwriting

Western Connecticut  State University