Kate Hennig

<p>Kate has 45 years of professional experience as an actor, from her humble beginnings as  Kalfang the Destroyer in <strong>The Incredible Magical Delfodil </strong>(Huron Country  Playhouse, 1981) to Rose in <strong>Gypsy </strong>(Shaw Festival, 2023), and Mrs. Bennet in <strong>Pride  and Prejudice </strong>(Grand Theatre, 2025). </p><p>The intervening years include seasons on Broadway (2009-10), with the Royal  Shakespeare Company (2007), and multiple seasons with both the Shaw and Stratford  festivals. She has played leading roles in regional theatres across Canada and has been  at the heart of the creation of new work with many independent theatre companies. She  has received multiple acting awards including two Dora Mavor Moore Awards, three  Betty Mitchell Awards, and a Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award. In 2015 she received the  Christopher Plummer Foundation Award for Excellence, sponsored by the Shakespeare  Globe Centre of Canada. </p><p>Kate’s playwriting includes <strong>The Last Wife, The Virgin Trial</strong>, and <strong>Mother’s  Daughter </strong>all of which premiered at the Stratford Festival and went on to subsequent  productions at Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto. <strong>The Virgin Trial </strong>won the Carol Bolt  Award for Best New Play 2017 and was short-listed for the Governor General’s Literary  Award for Drama in the same year.  </p><p>Kate’s plays have had over 60 productions: across Canada, in the U.S. and as far away as  Sydney and Glasgow. </p><p>The generosity of our sponsors for Season 5 is deeply appreciated: Tim Zeigler of Tim Zeigler Wealth Management (<a href="http://zeiglerwealth.com/" target="_blank">zeiglerwealth.com</a>), returning for his third season sponsorship, and Marc Bondy of Outlook Promotions (<a href="http://outlookpromo.com/" target="_blank">outlookpromo.com</a>) signing on for his first season. They, and many individual donors, have helped to make Life in Stages possible.</p>