July 18, 2016 by sgorsky

Kate Danziger

KATE DANZIGER was with First Folio as Managing Director from February 2017 to August 2021. She has been connected to First Folio Theatre since 2005, when she was hired as the assistant stage manager for The Taming of the Shrew. She became First Folio’s resident AEA stage manager and an Artistic Associate and worked on 17 shows as part of the stage management team. Prior to becoming First Folio’s Managing Director she was the Administration and Event Manager for the Skokie Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Kate holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Loyola University Chicago and a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a member of Actor’s Equity and a proud mom of two adorable boys.

Over two-and-a-half decades we have mounted over 80 productions, produced 14 world premieres, and 6 commissions. We have had more shows directed by women in the past 25 years than almost any other Equity theater in the Chicago area. We also led the way in opportunities for women designers, resulting in multiple Jeff Nominations and Awards for the many women who have worked here. Thank you all for your steadfast support through all these years. We will miss you!