Kat originally hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attended Penn State University for Theater Arts. Kat has been with PTC as its Production Stage Manager since its Summer 2000 season. She has either directly stage managed and/or hired the stage management staff and crew for all subsequent productions. Some of her favorite PTC Productions include: A Little Night Music (2000), The Flood (2001 & 2006), Illyria (2002 & 2008), Unbound (2005), Don Carlos (2004), Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge (2009). Iron Curtain (2011). Outside of PTC, Kat has stage managed regionally at the Mountain Playhouse in Pennsylvania, The Pirate Playhouse in Sanibel, Florida, Chester Theater Company in the Berkshires, Cape Playhouse in Cape Cod, and the Kravis center for Performing arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. Selected New York stage management credits include: Altar Boyz, My Big Gay Italian Wedding for Davenport Theatricals, La Boheme, Cavaleria Rusticana, I Paggilaci for New York City Opera, President Harding is A Rock Star, Boozy, Heddatron for Les Freres Corbusier, Little Flower of East Orange for The Public/LABrynith Theater Company, Soul Samurai for Mi-Yi Theater Company/Vampire Cowboys, & CHINA! The Whole Enchilada for Big Boy Strut Productions. Kat’s favorite PTC ongoing production–her marriage to her husband Jaime, whom she met when she joined PTC in 2000. For full credits please visit: http://www.linkedin.com/in/katwest.