Kate Wetherhead

Kate Wetherhead
Born	Burlington, Vermont, United States
Alma mater	Wesleyan University Circle in the Square Theatre School
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer, writer, director, television producer
Years active	2002–present
Notable work	Submissions Only Legally Blonde The Musical
Spouse	Jeff Croiter

Kate Wetherhead is an American actress, writer and director, known for her work on Submissions Only, Legally Blonde and the Jack and Louisa book series.

Early life and education

Kate was born in Burlington, Vermont to Christine and Arnold Wetherhead. She began acting at age six, and writing at seven. Wetherhead found her love for theatre after seeing a local production of West Side Story. She appeared in several shows at the University of Vermont, including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Miracle Worker. She has a bachelor's degree in English from Wesleyan University and trained as an actor at Circle in the Square Theatre School.

Career

Wetherhead began her career in children's theatre, appearing off-Broadway in Sarah, Plain and Tall, Tatjana in Color, Summer of the Swans, and Cam Jansen, as well as touring with A Christmas Carol. She made her Broadway debut in 2005 as the understudy for Olive Ostrovsky, Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre, and Marcy Park in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. She left the show to originate the roles of Kate and Chutney in the Broadway production of Legally Blonde. She left the show in 2008, performing regionally in such shows as Steel Magnolias (play) and Almost, Maine. In 2009 she starred as Deb in Ordinary Days by for Roundabout Theatre Company. In 2010, she met Andrew Keenan-Bolger in a regional production of It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman, and after collaborating on a behind-the-scenes video for the production, they decided to make a web series together. The two created the show Submissions Only, with Wetherhead writing and directing as well as playing the protagonist, Penny Reilly. In 2012, she returned to Off-Broadway in The Other Josh Cohen, for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination. Submissions Only ended its third and final season in 2014. From 2013–2016, Kate and Andrew co-wrote the three-part children's book series Jack & Louisa, published by Penguin Group. The two also have a feature film in development with Sycamore Pictures. In 2018, Kate made her theatrical directorial debut at Bucks County Playhouse, directing Cinderella (musical) for the youth company. She has since directed Shrek The Musical (Jr.) for the playhouse, along with developmental readings and workshops for New York University and Michigan State University.

Personal life

Wetherhead is married to lighting designer Jeff Croiter.

Theatre

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2001	A Christmas Carol	Ensemble	TheatreWorksUSA
2002	Sarah, Plain and Tall	Anna	Lucille Lortel Theatre
2002	The Spitfire Grill (musical)	Percy	Skylight Opera Theatre
2003	Summer of the Swans	Sara	Lucille Lortel Theatre
2003	Tatjana in Color	Tatjana	The Culture Project
2004	Cam Jansen and the Curse of the Emerald Elephant	Cam Jansen	The Lamb's Theatre
2005	The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee	understudy for Olive Ostrovsky, Marcy Park, Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre	Broadway, 2005–2006
2006	Sarah, Plain and Tall	Anna	off-Broadway
	Dear Edwina	Edwina Spoonapple	Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
2007	Legally Blonde	Chutney/Kate	Broadway, April 3, 2007 – February 25, 2008
2008	Almost, Maine	Various	St. Michael's Playhouse, July 2008
	Steel Magnolias	Unknown	Paper Mill Playhouse
	Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas	Jane	Goodspeed Musicals, December 7, 2008 – January 4, 2009
2009	Ordinary Days	Deb	Roundabout Theatre Company
2010	James and the Giant Peach	Spider	Goodspeed Musicals
	It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman	unknown	Dallas Theater Center
2011	Cabaret	Sally Bowles	Dallas Theater Center, April 22 – May 22, 2011
2012	The Other Josh Cohen	Unknown	off-Broadway, October 10 – November 11, 2012
2013	Clever Little Lies	Jane	George Street Playhouse, November 19 – December 22, 2013
2014	The Other Josh Cohen	Unknown	Paper Mill Playhouse, February 19 – March 15, 2014
	The Heidi Chronicles	Heidi Holland	Guthrie Theatre
2015	Company (musical)	Amy	Bucks County Playhouse
2015	Clever Little Lies	Jane	Westside Theatre, October 13, 2015 – March 20, 2016
2016	God Bless Your, Mr. Rosewater	Company	Encores! Off-Center, July 27–30, 2016
2017	Ebenezer Scrooge's Big Playhouse Christmas Show	Woman 1	New Hope Playhouse
2017	Hurricane Diane	Beth	Two River Theater
2018	The Other Josh Cohen	A Lot of People	Westside Theatre
2019	Hurricane Diane	Beth	New York Theatre Workshop
2020	Your Best One	Laura	Capital Repertory Theatre

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Legally Blonde: The Musical	Kate/Chutney	Filmed stage production
2010–2014	Submissions Only	Penny Reilly	22 episodes; also producer, writer, and director
2012	The Big C	Mousse Girl	1 episode
2015	Serial: The TV Show	Sarah Koenig	Short; also writer and director
2016	The Ceiling Fan	Woman	Short; also writer and director
2017	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Polly	1 episode
2018	Awkwardly (TV Series)	Mary	2 episode; also director

Bibliography

Release	Title	Notes
Feb. 2015	Jack and Louisa: Act 1	with Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Feb. 2016	Jack and Louisa: Act 2	with Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Feb. 2017	Jack and Louisa: Act 3	with Andrew Keenan-Bolger

Concerts

Year	Title	# of shows	Notes
2014	Submissions Only Live at 54 Below	1	Sang in "More of You", "Steal Away", "Uh Oh", "I Got a Reading", "Where I'm Supposed to Be", and "Nobody Does Mean Like Me"; also introduced "Chin in My Hands" and "Why Must the Show Go On"

Discography

	Year	Title	Notes
	2006	Finding Nemo – The Musical	Nemo
	2007	Legally Blonde: The Musical (original Broadway cast recording)	Featured vocals
	2010	Ordinary Days (original cast recording)	Sang multiple solos, including "Don't Want To Be Here"
	2015	Submissions Only (Original Soundtrack)	Sang "Where I'm Supposed to Be"
	2017	God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater	Company

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
2007	Actors' Equity Association Award	Outstanding Broadway Chorus	Legally Blonde	Won
2013	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	The Other Josh Cohen	Nominated

External links

• Kate Wetherhead at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Kate Wetherhead at IMDb