Kathleen graduated from the Musical Theatre Program at Baldwin Wallace University and is a proud member of SAG/AFTRA and ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION. Her professional career spans over 15 years performing in NYC, across the country and internationally. She has performed in Broadway workshops, concerts, and readings of new and upcoming musicals and in several productions Off-Broadway. Kathleen is the face of "OLAY" skincare for an international campaign/commercial that was filmed in Iceland. You may have also spotted her on TV in Law and Order SVU or starring in national commercials for Red Lobster, McAlister's Deli, and Axe Body Spray. She starred across the globe as "Belle" in Beauty and the Beast for 8 months in Hong Kong with Disney. Favorite select regional credits include Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Stages St. Louis, The Gateway Playhouse and at the Tony Award Winning Goodspeed Opera House where she played Mallory in "City of Angels", directed by Broadway's Darko Tresnak. Locally, Kathleen has performed at Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Cain Park, Beck Center, Dobama Theatre, and at Playhouse Square.

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Kathleen serves as the Director of Education at Weathervane Playhouse where she is also the founder/director of the pre-professional training program WMTC (Weathervane Musical Theatre Company). She has taught for the musical theatre programs at Oberlin College and Kent State University and teaches dance, acting, private voice, and musical theatre technique classes to students all over the country. Directing/Choreography credits include productions of "Cabaret", "Something Rotten", "Shrek", "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", "The Pajama Game" and "The Little Mermaid". Her students have been accepted into musical theatre programs at Michigan, CCM, Carnegie Mellon, Baldwin Wallace, Penn State, Elon, Nazareth, Boston, Oklahoma City University, Ball State, Kent State, Ohio Northern, Boco, Florida State, and Marymount Manhattan. She's crazy about her studly husband Jarid, their sweet little boys, Ben and David, and their two puggles, Maple and Bacon. Thank you for visiting!