In the 19 years she has lived in Oregon since moving here from Australia, Kate has been a teacher, actor, director, producer and playwright. Directing credits include Quilters for Lakewood Theatre Company; The Weir, Quilters and Sweet Phoebe at Artists Repertory Theatre; Cloud Tectonics for Miracle Theatre Company. As guest director at Linfield College credits include: Antigone, Reckless, Voice of The Prairie, and Keely and Du. She directs and acts regularly for the Portland Civic Theatre Guild's readings. On stage Kate has played lead roles in Medea, Equus, Painting Churches, Eleemosynary, and Bedroom Farce. She has appeared in Theatre Vertigo's 24 -Hour Play and Anonymous Theatre productions.

Kate is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Well Arts Institute and created the Performing Wellness™ process where she guides people through a writing process and then produces that work. (To date there have been 7 of these productions.)

As a playwright her credits include Composers In Skirts for Not Only Productions, and Singing Our Way Home for The Tears of Joy Theatre. Her newest play Sky….Diamonds, after a successful reading at Coho Theatre is in further development. Kate is also Adjunct Faculty at Linfield College, teaching theatre classes and a new arts and wellness course.