kate stark
kate stark
 
 

Kate Stark is a performer, choreographer, and arts administrator based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. She is passionate about finding ways for people of all abilities to access dance and the arts. Kate teaches with Cincinnati Ballet’s adaptive and inclusive dance program, CB Moves, for which she also serves as program coordinator. Kate recently became a Dance for PD® Certified Teacher, making her one of fewer than 40 people in the world to hold this title, and the only teacher in Ohio.

When not on stage or in the studio, Kate enjoys snuggling her pups Tallulah and Mookie and renovating a vintage Airstream trailer with her partner Keith.

Favorite roles: Mary (Late, A Cowboy Song), Ivy (On the Town),
Judy (A Chorus Line), Jeannie (Brigadoon), T.A. (Z is for Zebra), Ethel McCormack (Footloose), and Nellie Bly (Nellie Bly: A Menace to Propriety).

Instagram: @katestark, @hermietheairstream

 

UP Next:

Poag’s hole (Sophie)
Cincinnati Lab Theatre New works Festival
July 20, 2025

SHe Loves Me (Choreographer)
Walnut Hills High school
November 13—16, 2025

Indecent (Choreographer)
Walnut Hills High school
February 12—15, 2026

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Looking for choreographic or arts admin resumes? Visit my Teaching Artist page.

 
 

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Video

 

Selection from “A Better Version” from 36 Questions - The Podcast Musical.

Monologue from Hungry Ghost by Lisa Sanaye Dring.

Excerpts from “A Little Bit in Love” and “I’m Your Man.”

Kate Stark short (30 second) dance demo reel.

Selections from Newsies, 42nd Street, On the Town, A Chorus Line, Brigadoon, Cabaret, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Rocky Horror Show, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

 

 Press

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Whatcha Doin?

Stark and Wesner are compelling presences, defying the inherent limitations of webinar acting, with

bright and engaging but wholly natural styles.

Given Zoom’s challenges, the performer has to “pop” beyond a gauzy digital haze … but not *too* much. Not quite film, not quite stage, effective characterization has to break through the uncanny valley, remaining humanistic, yet not becoming flat. Stark and Wesner both excel, building a dynamic relationship in a brisk 20 minutes that is compelling, believable, poignant, and deeply affecting. To capture the ephemeral spark of unfolding friendship is tricky business on stage or screen, so

it is a rare, almost voyeuristic thrill to watch Stark and Wesner’s nuanced work here.

— Roy Sexton, Reel Roy Reviews

Whatcha Doin?

Kate Stark expertly portrays the cynicism and disillusionment

that came with Marnie’s sudden childhood stardom, while also showing us the reasons she became popular, alternating during several different animated character voices during one short sequence of the play. We see her simultaneously flattered by Raven’s excitement, and also tired of it.

— Emily Slomovits, eCurrent

Late, A cowboy Song

Kate Stark absolutely kills it as Mary. You can feel every single emotion she goes through and sympathize with her...

Stark brings physicality and the little touches that really sell the believability of her performance.

— Chase Johnson, League of Cincinnati Theatres

Kate Stark as Mary in Late, A Cowboy Song. Photo by Angie Lipscomb.

Kate Stark as Mary in Late, A Cowboy Song. Photo by Angie Lipscomb.

Mary, played with aching sincerity by Kate Stark, a woman perpetually late — late for appointments, late for clarity, late for her own becoming.

Stark’s performance is a gentle unraveling;

she draws the audience into Mary’s private tangle of doubt and longing as the holidays — and years — whirl by.

— Bryna Chandler, League of Cincinnati Theatres

Kate Stark as Ethel in Footloose. Photo by Mikki Schaffner.

Footloose

Ren’s mom, Ethel, played by Kate Stark, who supports her son through his trials and tribulations, is a superb actress and also has a lovely voice. Both Cordes’ and Stark’s

performances rival any Hollywood actor.

— Sherri Ogden Wellington, League of Cincinnati Theatres

Z is for Zebra (Cincy Fringe Festival)

She’s interrupted by a hyper-enthusiastic Teacher’s Assistant

played with boundless energy by Kate Stark…

Kate Stark’s performance as the Teacher’s Assistant is a whirlwind of nervous excitement and blind institutional cheerleading.

— Kirk Sheppard, The Sappy Critic

Kate Stark (left) as the T.A. in Z is for Zebra. Photo by Anjali Alm-Basu.

Kate Stark (left) as Ivy Smith in On the Town. Photo by Angie Lipscomb.

On the Town

A beautiful & surprisingly heart-rending

job on the ballet “Presentation of Miss Turnstiles”... The entire cast is vivacious and tireless in this coruscating production.

— Nathan Top, League of Cincinnati Theatres

… Ivy Smith played delectably by Kate Stark…

Best singing voices were Kate Stark, Kali Marsh and Anna Brown.

— Doug Iden, League of Cincinnati Theatres