Kate Wetherhead

Kate Wetherhead
Wetherhead on the logo for Submissions Only
Born	July 10
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Wesleyan University Circle in the Square Theatre School
Occupation	Actress, singer, writer, director, television producer
Years active	2002–present
Notable work	Submissions Only Legally Blonde The Musical
Spouse(s)	Jeff Croiter

Kate Wetherhead is an American stage and television actress, known for her work in Legally Blonde and Submissions Only.

Early Life and education

Kate was born in Burlington, Vermont to Christine and Arnold Wetherhead. She began acting at age six, and writing at seven. Wetherhead found her love for theatre after seeing a local production of West Side Story. She appeared in several shows at the University of Vermont, including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Miracle Worker. She has an English degree from Wesleyan University and a theatre degree from Circle in the Square Theatre School. She occasionally teaches acting masterclasses.

Career

Wetherhead began her career doing children's theatre, playing Anna in the off-Broadway production of Sarah, Plain and Tall and touring with A Christmas Carol, before returning to the off-Broadway stage in Tatjana in Color, Summer of the Swans, and as the title role Cam Jansen. She made her Broadway debut in 2005 as the understudy for Olive Ostrovsky, Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre, and Marcy Park in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. She left the show in 2006 to return to children's theatre, appearing in the off-Broadway revival of Sarah, Plain and Tall. She also starred in the first ever equity production of Dear Edwina. She returned to Broadway in 2007 as Kate and Chutney in Legally Blonde. She left the show in 2008, and starred as Deb in Ordinary Days off-Broadway. In 2010, she met Andrew Keenan-Bolger in a regional production of It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman, and after appearing in several of his vlog posts, she was told the two should make a web series. The two created the show Submissions Only, with Wetherhead playing leading lady Penny Reilly. In 2012 she returned to the off-Broadway stage in The Other Josh Cohen, for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. Submissions Only ended its third and final season in 2014. In 2015, Wetherhead began played Jane in Clever Little Lies off-Broadway, a role she had created in the original George Street Playhouse production. The production is a limited run, and will close in March 2016.

Personal life

Wetherhead is married to lighting designer Jeff Croiter.

Theatre

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2002	Sarah, Plain and Tall	Anna	off-Broadway
	A Christmas Carol	Unknown	Tour
2003	Tatjana in Color		off-Broadway
	Summer of the Swans	Sara	off-Broadway, July 23 – August 23, 2003
2004	Cam Jansen and the Curse of the Emerald Elephant	Cam Jansen	off-Broadway, November 12–28, 2004
2005	The Spitfire Grill	Unknown	Skylight Opera Theatre
	The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee	Olive Ostrovsky (u/s)/ Marcy Park (u/s)/ Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre (u/s)	Broadway, 2005–2006[1]
2006	Sarah, Plain and Tall	Anna	off-Broadway
	Dear Edwina	Edwina Spoonapple	Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
2007	Legally Blonde	Chutney/Kate	Broadway, April 3, 2007 – February 25, 2008[1]
2008	Almost, Maine	Various	St. Michael's Playhouse, July 2008
	Steel Magnolias	Unknown	Papermill Playhouse
	Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas	Jane	Goodspeed Musicals, December 7, 2008 – January 4, 2009
2009	Ordinary Days	Deb	off-Broadway[2]
2010	James and the Giant Peach	unknown	Goodspeed Musicals
	It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman		Dallas Theater Center[1]
2011	Cabaret	Sally Bowles	Dallas Theater Center, Apr 22 – May 22, 2011
2012	The Other Josh Cohen	Unknown	off-Broadway, Oct 10 – November 11, 2012
2013	Clever Little Lies	Jane	George Street Playhouse, Nov 19 – December 22, 2013
2014	The Other Josh Cohen	Unknown	Papermill Playhouse, Feb 19 – March 15, 2014
	The Heidi Chronicles	Heidi Holland	Guthrie Theatre
2015	Clever Little Lies	Jane	off-Broadway, October 13, 2015 – March 20, 2016[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Legally Blonde: The Musical	Kate/Chutney	Filmed stage production
2010–2014	Submissions Only	Penny Reilly	22 episodes; also producer, writer, and director
2012	The Big C	Mousse Girl	1 episode
2015	Serial: The TV Show	Sarah Koenig	Short; also writer and director
2016	The Ceiling Fan	Woman	Short; also writer and director

Bibliography

Release	Title	Notes
Feb. 2015	Jack and Louisa: Act 1	w/ Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Feb. 2016	Jack and Louisa: Act 2	w/ Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Feb. 2017	Jack and Louisa: Act 3	w/ Andrew Keenan-Bolger

Concerts

Year	Title	# of shows	Notes
2014	Submissions Only Live at 54 Below	1	Sang/sang in More of You, Steal Away, Uh Oh, I Got a Reading, Where I'm Supposed to Be, and Nobody Does Mean Like Me; also introduced Chin in My Hands and Why Must the Show Go On.

Discography

Year	Title	Notes
2007	Legally Blonde: The Musical (original Broadway cast recording)	Featured vocals
2010	Ordinary Days (original cast recording)	Sang multiple solos, including "Don't Want To Be Here"
2015	Submissions Only (Original Soundtrack)	Sang Where I'm Supposed to Be.

Awards and Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
2007	Actors' Equity Association Award	Outstanding Broadway Chorus	Legally Blonde	Won
2013	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	The Other Josh Cohen	Nominated

References

1. "Broadway on the Web: Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Kate Wetherhead Take Submissions Only in Theatrical Web Series". Playbill. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
2. "Kate Wetherhead Theatre Credits". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
3. Clever Little Lies, Westside Theatre