Kate Muchmore Woo, MFA, MA

Kate is a director/actor with credits from around the United States and now here in BC! Directing credits for SAMC Theatre include The Game of Love & Chance, The Cover of Life, Jane Eyre: The Musical, Twelfth Night, The Illusion and As Little Children. Other directing credits include A Wrinkle in Time; The Mousetrap; Enchanted April; The Women of Lockerbie; The Music Man, Crime & Punishment; Hairspray; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Almost, Maine; Picasso at the Lapin Agile; Pericles; and Auto-da-Fé. As an actor, her resume includes roles in Tartuffe, The Bear, An Ideal Husband, Jane Eyre: The Musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, and several roles in Taproot Theatre Company's Road Company in Seattle, WA. Kate holds a teaching certification in the Meisner Technique from Larry Silverburg’s True Acting Institute, a MA in Theatre Arts from Western Washington University, and a MFA in Directing from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. She has been with SAMC Theatre since 2013. Kate’s directing website can be accessed at www.katemuchmore.com.

Outside of TWU, Kate is happily married to her Canadian sweetheart, Derik. They love to travel, eat really good food, and watch Ohio State Football and Canucks Hockey. They also like to hang out with their rambunctious and energetic dog, Sherlock.

• MFA Directing (University of North Carolina Greensboro)
• MA Theatre Arts (Western Washington University)
• BA Stage Management (Otterbein University)
• Teaching Certificate, Meisner Technique (Larry Silverburg's True Acting Institute)

Expertise

Directing, Meisner Technique, Shakespeare, Stage Management, Playscript Analysis

• THTR 161 Acting I - Foundations of Acting
• THTR 175 Voice & Movement I
• THTR 231 Theatre History: Origins to 1660
• THTR 262 Acting II - Advanced Scene Study
• THTR 321 Directing
• THTR 346 American Drama
• THTR 362 Acting III - Shakespeare
• THTR 480 Christianity & Theatre