When you hire Kate Swenson, you are hiring a performer, educator, fiction writer, and playwright with over 20 years of experience. No creative question is off the table: she has helped me as a Director in areas such as audition side selection and rehearsal organization, as a playwright through proof-reading and identifying themes I had not previously recognized, and as an educator by advising over curriculum creation and phrasing of constructive criticism.

Kate understands the many forms of artistic fears that can appear throughout the creative process and comes prepared with a suggestion or goal to keep a writer writing or leader leading. Hesitation is understandable, but she will get you back on the starting block where you belong. However, it is Kate’s sense of humor and comedic timing (both in conversation and on the page) that makes working with her a true joy. Her love of word play and rhythms of speech quickly elevate any section of dialogue. 

After hours of typing alone and working on a story that no one else can see but you, she is The Safe Place to show your work in progress. Kate knows how to keep an artist at ease while divining the lifeblood in any stubborn section. The decision to contact Kate Swenson to assist with a creative goal is a sound one. Kate brings out the you in your or your organization’s unique form of artistic expression.