Kate Hamill is a playwright and actor, often originating roles in her own work. Plays she has written include Pride & Prejudice at Primary Stages and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, (originated role of Lizzy; nominee, Off-Broadway Alliance Award); Sense & Sensibility at Bedlam (originated role of Marianne; winner, Off-Broadway Alliance Award; nominee, Drama League Award); Vanity Fair at the Pearl (originated Becky; nominee, Off-Broadway Alliance Award); Mansfield Park at Northlight, Little Women at Primary Stages and the Jungle, Dracula at Classic Stage Company (originated role of Renfield); Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, Apt. #2B at Kansas City Rep, Emma at the Guthrie, The Little Fellow (Or: the Queen of Tarts Tells All) at Cygnet Theatre, and The Scarlet Letter at Two River Theater.   

Additional acting credits include Cyrano at Amphibian Stage (DFW Critic’s Award, Outstanding Performance by an Actress), Talley’s Folly at Syracuse Stage (Best Performance by an Actress, BroadwayWorld), The Seagull at Bedlam, The General From America at HVSF, Noises Off and The Play That Goes Wrong at Syracuse Stage (SALT Award, Best Actress).   

Other playwriting credits include Scrooge for Senate; The Piper (O’Neill Finalist, PlayPenn Fellow), In the Mines (Sundance Finalist) and The Odyssey. Her plays have been produced off-Broadway at A.R.T., DCPA, the Guthrie, Seattle Rep, The Alley, Folger, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Trinity Rep, Pittsburgh Public, Dorset Theatre Festival, Shakespeare Theatre of DC, Dallas Theater Center, Kansas City Rep, Long Wharf, A.C.T., Actors Theater of Louisville, Syracuse Stage, The Old Globe and many others. Kate has been one of the most-produced playwrights nationwide every season since 2017. She was the 2017 The Wall Street Journal named her 2017 Playwright of the YearYear, and she received the 2023 Einhorn Award.