Katie Ritchie is a theater artist currently living in Chicago, IL. After graduating from Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL in May 2010, Katie moved to the Windy City to pursue a career in the theater industry.
While in Chicago, Katie has worked with various theater companies as an actor and stage manager, including Collaboraction, Nothing Without a Company, St. Sebastian Players, and she is proud to be a company member with The Plagiarists. She plans to attend grad school this year to pursue a MBA/MFA in Theater Management.
Katie believes that theater has the power to change lives and contributes to all facets of a community's culture. Theater has the power to bring groups of people from different backgrounds together to promote a greater world. Social, political, or economic factors should not affect a community or individual's access to theater or the arts. It is this core belief that drives Katie's vision to own and operate her own theater company one day, bringing all aspects of theater and performing arts to communities that are deprived of an outlet for cultural expression.