Kate Mickere

Kate Mickere


Kate Mickere is a playwright and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. Her play, NURSE CADDEN, was the inaugural winner of the A is For Playwriting Contest and received a virtual reading that starred Ann Dowd. NURSE CADDEN is published by Next Stage Press. Kate is currently developing a new play, THE CHRISTMAS COVEN, with Moving Arts Theatre in Los Angeles and her play VAMPIRE PANIC! was a selection for...

Kate Mickere is a playwright and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. Her play, NURSE CADDEN, was the inaugural winner of the A is For Playwriting Contest and received a virtual reading that starred Ann Dowd. NURSE CADDEN is published by Next Stage Press. Kate is currently developing a new play, THE CHRISTMAS COVEN, with Moving Arts Theatre in Los Angeles and her play VAMPIRE PANIC! was a selection for the 2024 Great Plains Theatre Conference. She is the recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Student Screenwriting Award and The Steven Bochco Fellowship. MFA: Carnegie Mellon University

Plays

  • Vampire Panic! by Kate Mickere
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: comedy, docudrama/historic + 1 more
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    Keyword: vampire, Absurd Historical + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, docudrama/historic, period
    Keyword: vampire, Absurd Historical, pandemic, features strong roles for women
    FULL LENGTH: Inspired by true events, “Vampire Panic!” is set in 1890’s New England, when people believed that vampires were causing a tuberculosis outbreak. The play follows Lucy Greene, a woman who is trying to bring sanity back to her small town while clashing against a zealous preacher woman, an opportunistic doctor and her aspiring vampire hunter niece. Vampire Panic! reminds us that medical misinformation...
    FULL LENGTH: Inspired by true events, “Vampire Panic!” is set in 1890’s New England, when people believed that vampires were causing a tuberculosis outbreak. The play follows Lucy Greene, a woman who is trying to bring sanity back to her small town while clashing against a zealous preacher woman, an opportunistic doctor and her aspiring vampire hunter niece. Vampire Panic! reminds us that medical misinformation, conspiracy theories and hysteria have been plaguing society long before the Covid era.
  • Nurse Cadden by Kate Mickere
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    5–6
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    Genre: dark comedy, docudrama/historic + 2 more
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    Keyword: abortion, abortion access + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, docudrama/historic, period, political
    Keyword: abortion, abortion access, abortion rights, pro-choice, true crime, based on a true story, Catholic, Irish history, Reproductive Rights, women's rights
    FULL LENGTH: Nurse Cadden is a backstreet abortionist who profits off the secrets of Dublin’s most powerful men. When the body of pregnant Helen O’Reilly is found dumped outside of Mamie’s flat, the infamous nurse is sentenced to hang. Can a Divine intervention save Nurse Cadden’s soul before it’s too late? Nurse Cadden is available for purchase and licensing via Next Stage Press.
  • A Banshee Killed My Boyfriend by Kate Mickere
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: witch, banshee + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fable/folktale, fantasy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: witch, banshee, selkie, Celtic, Celtic Mythology, magic, best friends
    FULL LENGTH Fiona and Gemma are best friends and amateur witches who are tired of getting screwed over by mortal men. While trying to conjure up the perfect boyfriend, the girls unwittingly screw up the entire metaphysical world, stranding banshees, seal women, and other magical (and pissed off) beings on Earth.
  • Mod Party by Kate Mickere
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: Mod, romantic comedy + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, fantasy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Mod, romantic comedy, David Bowie, Fantasy, swinging 60s
    TEN MINUTE: What would you do if David Bowie told you that the love of your life was a loser?
  • The Incident by Kate Mickere
    Cast: 
    2–5
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    Genre: comedy, docudrama/historic + 2 more
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    Keyword: time travel, based on a true story + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, docudrama/historic, fantasy, period
    Keyword: time travel, based on a true story, Edwardian era, French Revolution, Versailles, Marie Antoinette, time travel lesbians, shadow puppetry, Projections, Fantasy
    TEN MINUTE While touring the gardens of Versailles, two Edwardian school-teachers encounter a time slip and find themselves face to face with Marie Antoinette. Now that they're safely back home in 1901, they must make a hard decision. Do they keep quiet and preserve their reputation, or do they risk their careers and tell the world their story?