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Kathleen began her career as a Court Jester in 2003 and still performs in Scared Scriptless. She is a graduate of the National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art (NASDA).

Her previous Court Theatre credits include Ladies Night, Educating Rita, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Steel Magnolias, The Pink Hammer, RENT, Sense and Sensibility, The Appleton Ladies Potato Race, and Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. Her other theatre credits from around the country include A Servant to Two Masters, Under Milkwood, Cinderella and The Little Mermaid (Circa Theatre), Avenue Q, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress and Flagons and Foxtrots (Fortune Theatre), Perfuct Storm, Dungeons and Comedians and Feminist Yarns with Kathleen Burns (Little Andromeda).

Kathleen’s screen credits include Sextortion (TVNZ), Working Class, Ghost Shark 2, and the soon-to-be-released The Push.

Kathleen made her mainstage directorial debut with Flagons and Foxtrots at The Court Theatre in 2022, and has since directed Fun Home. 

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