Kate Cherry
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Kate Cherry is an Australian arts’ leader, director and theatre maker. She was the Director/CEO of National Institute of Dramatic Art, The Artistic Director/co-CEO of Black Swan State Theatre Company, and Associate Director, Melbourne Theatre Company.
Personal life
Cherry was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and is the daughter of the late Australian theatre director and academic, Wal Cherry, and Marcel Cherry, an English teacher.[1]
After school, Cherry received scholarships to attend Bard College, New York, where she received a BA in English Literature. She later received a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from University of California, Los Angeles[2].
She is married to the actor Kenneth Ransom who she met at Shakespeare & Company in Massachusetts, and they have one son, Orlando Walter Ransom.[3]
Career
In 2008, Cherry joined Black Swan State Theatre Company as Artistic director and Co-CEO. Cherry moved Black Swan into the WA State Theatre Centre when it opened in 2011[4] where it became the resident theatre company[5]. She established artistic development programs including the Rio Tinto Black Swan Commissions[6]. Cherry left the company in 2016.[7]
From 2016 to 2018, Cherry became Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Institute of Dramatic Art.[8] She introduced the Changemakers’ Series, bringing in Australian performing artists who work internationally including: Margot Robbie, Tim Minchin, Lyndon Terracini (Director, Opera Australia) and Barry Humphries.[9]
As a freelance director, Cherry has worked with companies including Seattle Opera, Melbourne Theatre Company, New Zealand Opera and Sydney Theatre Company on productions such as Madame Butterfly, La Traviata and Cloudstreet.[10]
Cherry has held the positions of visiting professor at Colorado College and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). She has taught at WAAPA, VCA and NIDA; working with students as a guest director.[11]
Awards and nominations
Cherry’s productions have received five Helpmann Awards|Helpmann nominations for Best Director, Theatre[12] and two nominations for Best Director, Opera[13]. She has also received numerous Green Room Awards and Nominations[14] and was shortlisted for the Emily Coigney Award[15].
References
- ↑ Worby, Gus, "Cultural Advice", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2021-08-04
- ↑ "Kate Cherry". Lisa Mann Creative Management. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ↑ "Kenneth Ransom". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ↑ "History". Perth Theatre Trust. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ↑ "Cherry to leave Black Swan theatre". The West Australian. 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ↑ "Corporate help brings new work to light". Australian Major Performing Arts Group. 2014-12-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Cherry to leave Black Swan theatre". The West Australian. 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ↑ "Kate Cherry departs as NIDA Director/CEO". NIDA. 2018-10-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "NIDA welcomes change-maker Tim Minchin". National Institute of Dramatic Art. 2018-04-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Kate Cherry – Theatre 180". Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ↑ "From Black Swan to NIDA: Q & A with Kate Cherry". Non | Traditional Research Outcomes. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ↑ "Past nominees and winners | Helpmann Awards". www.helpmannawards.com.au. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ↑ "Past nominees and winners | Helpmann Awards". www.helpmannawards.com.au. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ↑ "Green Room Award Nominations 2008". www.australianstage.com.au. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ↑ Criscitiello, Alexa. "Adelheid Roosen of The Netherlands Names 2017 LPTW Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award Recipient". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
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