Kate Lisa Clarke S.A.G./ A.E.A
photo credit: Douglas Gorenstein
A skilled actor/singer with over 30 years' experience, my passion is being on the ground floor of new and emerging work. I have been an active member of several theatre companies (Annex, Seattle,WA and The Gravity Project, Huntingdon, PA), whose focus is to create extraordinary theatrical experiences. Recent projects include my solo show, Stand in the Shade of Me, based on Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, as well as Agnes in Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance, at the Santa Fe Playhouse, The Land of the Earthworms with Revolutions Festival/Societas Theatre Company, Red Peter in Kafka's Monkey, in Tucson, AZ, Albuquerque, NM, and New York, and Soccer Mom in The Wolves at UNM, in Albuquerque.
In Seattle, I have worked at Annex Theatre, Alice B., The Seattle Group, The Empty Space, New City Theatre, Printers Devil, Seattle Shakespeare and others. On the East Coast, I appeared at the Merce Cunningham Studio, N.A.D.A., the 78th /street Theatre Lab, and as a regular actor for ASCAP’s Musical Theatre International in showcasing new musicals in NYC. I performed at People’s Light and Theatre in Philadelphia, and regularly as a core company member of the Gravity Project—a company based in Huntingdon, PA, where I performed in or created over a dozen new and adapted movement theatre pieces, as well as workshopping Kafka’s Monkey under Rick Wamer’s direction, performing the role of Red Peter from 2013 to 2019. Favorite roles include the Stage Manager in Our Town, Mouth in Not I, Jenny in Company, Sandy in Grease, Viola in Twelfth Night, Young Mary and Chloe in The Saint Plays, and Lili in Why We Have a Body. I have appeared on Northern Exposure (CBS), and Third Watch (NBC), as well as in many commercials, and a Sub Pop music video by Mark Lanegan of the Screaming Trees.
headshots by douglas gorenstein, nyc
An orchard dreams, a river rushes, and memory flickers through a fading estate in Stand in the Shade of Me, a 70-minute solo adaptation of The Cherry Orchard created and performed by Kate Clarke. Transforming into seven characters as well as the forces of time, nature, and memory, Clarke uses physical theatre, original soundscapes, and striking metaphor to re-imagine Anton Chekhov’s classic for a contemporary American moment. Developed in collaboration with Tucson-based mime artist, Rick Wamer, Stand in the Shade of Me invites audiences to reflect on what is lost, what persists, and what must be re-imagined in times of transition.
in rehearsal…stand in the shade of me—a solo play (after the cherry orchard)—watch excerpts here:
COMMERCIAL VOICE OVER SAMPLES—LISTEN HERE:
S.A.G. TV/Film reel—Watch here:
excerpts: kafka’s monkey dir. rick wamer
SUB Pop video-Mark Lanegan of the screaming trees
A Delicate Balance-Edward Albee: Agnes Santa Fe Playhouse, 2022
