Kathryn Markey

Artistic Director of Opera House Arts in Stonington, Maine since 2023. For OHA - directing: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cyrano, Salvage (world premiere), Almost Maine. Onstage: Rooted. Other credits - Broadway: 3 From Brooklyn. Regional: Holidays with The Chalks (Alliance Theatre), Memphis, A Christmas Story, Mystic Pizza (Engeman), American Family in 3 Chords (Bay Street), Over The Tavern (Penguin Rep), God of Carnage, Dancing at Lughnasa (Northern Stage), Drowsy Chaperone, Young Frankenstein, & the Brighton Beach trilogy (Saint Michael’s Playhouse), Selected Shorts (NPR), Moonlight & Love Songs (GayfestNYC), Separation (English Theatre of Stockholm). 8 seasons at Symphony Space, including Wall to Wall, Bloomsday and dozens of episodes of “The Thalia Follies.” On-screen: SVU, Law & Order, 99, Trip, Premium Blend, All My Children, Filmic Achievement, DutchWestTV, CollegeHumor,  Amateur Hour.

Directing: Notes To Wherever at the Cherry Lane, Amy Stiller’s Just Trust at Emerging Artists. Pitt Stages, Axelrod PAC, Mason Street Warehouse, Ocean State Theatre, White Plains PAC, Ivoryton Playhouse, Cortland Rep, NL Barn and Saint Michael’s Playhouse. Resident Director of In Your Face New York at St Ann’s Warehouse and Merkin Concert Hall.

Kathryn is a comedy writer, most notably as the co-creator of the satirical country band “The Chalks,” who have been seen and heard on TV, radio, and web platforms as well as many a live performance in theatres, clubs, and honky tonks across the country.

She was trained by George Morrison and teaches acting to professionals in NYC and was a faculty member at the New Actors Workshop (12 years), SUNY New Paltz, University of Pittsburgh, and Saint Michael’s College.