Shrewd Artist Profile: Katie Baskerville

Katie Baskerville serves as Shrewd's Literary Manager for our 2015-2016 season.

About Katie

Making her Shrewd debut as an Ensemble Member of Emma When You Need Her, Katie is very excited to take on a new role as the Literary Manager for Shrewd Productions. Other productions include: Workshop of Slake (Assistant Director),Talking at God (Director), The Diary of Anne Frank (Assistant Director), The Heidi Chronicles (Director), The Laramie Project (Director), The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Mag Folan), and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Director). In addition to her directing and performance work, Katie has also served as the President of the University Theatre Guild and an Artistic Director of the Round About Players since Spring 2014. Katie is currently pursuing a BA in Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin with a focus in Directing.

Why did you choose to work with Shrewd Productions?

Shrewd productions produces the kind of theatre that I hope to continue to work on throughout my career as an artist. It is rare that you find a company so early on that has the same values and interests as yourself, and I am excited to be a part of a company that provides opportunities for women, queer people, and people of color. I love that I get to spend my time reading scripts that fuel my passion for the theatre.