
Directing...
I came to directing after years of casting plays and musicals. I have a great interest in new work and I've been lucky enough to be involved in several World Premieres and developmental workshops.
I am drawn to contemporary dramas, as well as plays and musicals with some historical context. I am especially passionate about new musicals. The daunting task of molding a story into a form that makes an emotional connection with the audience is exciting to me and I thrive on the close collaboration with the many artists it takes to create a brand new work of theater.
I work hard and I firmly believe that theater should be fun!
Want to know more? You can check out my full resume here.
Above: A sampling of production shots from Musicals...
Below: ...and the same for Plays.
What critics are saying...
Xanadu at Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret
"Director Kate Galvin has given the show another facelift by reducing the cast...This innovation allows for tons of imaginative doubling and fun interactions with the cast, the audience, and the band. Five actors may be playing upwards of double that amount of roles, but there is not an ounce of strain evident among them. Each member of the company was superlative in their own special way." - Brian Pope, Pittsburgh in the Round
Lizzie at 11th Hour Theatre Company
"Lizzie succeeds not only in provoking thought, but also in entertaining and appealing to a younger generation of theatergoers. It puts an intriguing rock-and-roll spin on the notorious titular character and the still-unsolved homicides, and considers the plight of women in Victorian times through a new empathetic feminist lens. Win/win!" - Deb Miller, DC Metro Theater Arts
Buyer and Cellar at Portland Stage Company
"Kate Galvin directs with a taut, fast paced manner, choosing understatement over flamboyance...[Dustin Tucker] accomplishes all this with a genuineness that avoids caricature and impersonation and seeks only to find the inner truth and humanity in the roles. Buyer & Cellar is a polished, moving, vibrant theatrical experience not to be missed." - Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold, BroadwayWorld.com
Creep at WaterTower Theatre
"Creep, the new ghoulish musical written and composed by Dallas actor Donald Fowler, begins with a pitch-black blood-curdling scream and ends with a well-earned gasp from the audience. In between these scary bookends is a sinisterly good musical about the real-life serial killer Jack the Ripper." - Drew Jackson, Edge Dallas
Named #1 Production of 2015 by Dallas Morning News
Midsummer - a play with songs at Inis Nua Theatre Company
"But the true joy of this piece stems from Filios and DelMarcelle's captivating performances...They craft unique, compelling portraits of two frustrated souls, lost at midlife but still searching. Under Kate Galvin's exquisitely timed direction, their he said/she said reenactments of scenes ebb and flow, once in a punchline, next in a soft moment of discovery." - Jim Rutter, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Other Desert Cities at Walnut Street Theatre
"Under the fluid and assured hand of director Kate Galvin, the Walnut’s Other Desert Cities is visually handsome and well acted across the board...it’s an improvement over the Broadway version — on Broadway, it was hard to forget we were watching a series of bravura star turns. This ensemble actually feels convincingly like a family." - David Anthony Fox, City Paper
![]() Newsies, Cardinal StagePhoto by Blueline |
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![]() Fun Home, Cardinal StagePhoto by Blueline |
![]() Beauty & The Beast, Cardinal StagePhoto by Blueline |
![]() Lizzie, 11th HourPhoto by Dan Kontz |
![]() Xanadu, Pittsburgh CLO |
![]() Creep, WaterTower Theatre |
![]() Midsummer, Inis Nua |
![]() Devotedly, Sincerely Yours |
![]() Sweeney Todd, NDSU |
![]() Lizzie, 11th HourPhoto by Dan Kontz |
![]() Midsummer, Inis Nua |
![]() Xanadu, Pittsburgh CLO |
![]() The Glass Menagerie, Cardinal StagePhoto by Blueline |
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![]() The Christians, Cardinal Stage |
![]() The Great Gatsby, Cardinal StagePhoto by Blueline |
![]() Other Desert Cities, Walnut |
![]() The Odd Couple, Flat Rock Playhouse |
![]() Wit, North Carolina Theater |
![]() Buyer and Cellar, Portland Stage |
![]() Vincent in Brixton, Walnut |
![]() The Great Gatsby, Cardinal StagePhoto by Blueline |
![]() Doubt, TriArts Sharon Playhouse |
![]() The Great Gatsby, Cardinal StagePhoto by Blueline |
![]() The Glass Menagerie, Cardinal StagePhoto by Blueline |