Kate Pressman - kate.pressman@gmail.com

Education

MFA in Playwriting, Columbia University
BFA in Dramatic Writing, SUNY Purchase

Full Length Plays

The End of the Century

  • Developmental workshop at Playwrights Horizons New Works Lab, October 2025

Marta Nesspek Presents…

  • Borough tour of live show March 2024 / July 2024 / May 2025 / Ongoing

  • Developmental workshop of live show Summer 2023

  • Five digital episodes premiered January-April 2022

Pair

  • Workshop production at Lenfest Center for the Arts, 2022, directed by Logan Reed

  • Finalist for The Eugene O’Neill Theater National Playwrights Conference, 2021

  • Finalist for Fault Line Theatre’s 2021 Iron’s in the Fire Series 

  • Developed at Columbia University under the mentorship of Lila Neugebauer

Twenty-Six Seconds

  • Presented at The Park Avenue Armory as part of the Culture in a Changing America Symposium, directed by Logan Reed 2/2019

  • Workshop production at Shapiro Theatre, directed by Logan Reed 1/2019

  • Developed at Columbia University under the mentorship of Lynn Nottage

The Extremely Grey Line (a site specific piece co-written with Elizagrace Madrone)

  • Produced as part of the Ice Factory Festival at The New Ohio Theatre, directed by Estefanía Fadul 7/2021

Piano For Four Hands

  • Columbia@Roundabout New Play Reading Series, Directed by Annie Tippe 7/2021

  • Semifinalist for Trustus Playwrights Festival, Columbia SC, 4/2015

Watch

  • Reading in The Room at New Georges, directed by Martha Banta, 9/2015

  • Workshopped with director Megan Kosmoski, 2/2014

Selected Short Plays

Somebody Basically Dies
Part of 7x7 at The Tank 10/2020

My Life With Ed Sheeran or, Get Your Fist Out of My Cunt
Co-written with Zizi Majid, part of Femme Fest at Dixon Place 2/2020

What We Expect from our Monsters
Part of We Read Books with InVersion Theatre at The Tank 7/2019

Lonestar’s Wisdom
Finalist for 2017 National Ten-Minute Play Contest at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville 

Boaters
Finalist for 2015 National Ten-Minute Play Contest at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville

Television

Cancer Roommate - half hour long pilot, completed Spring 2018

Edith Tate School Coven - hour long pilot, completed Fall 2017

Other Theatre Work

Assistant Director on Isaac’s Eye by Lucas Hnath at the Ensemble Studio Theatre directed by Linsay Firman 1/2013

Literary Assistant and freelance script reader at Ensemble Studio Theatre 2010-2012

Non-equity stage manager/ASM at Ensemble Studio Theatre, South Hampton Writer’s Conference, Red Fern Theatre Company various dates 2010-2012

Resident Playwright at Play on Words Productions 2012-2013 Season