Kay began writing plays in 2010. She has taken in person and online classes with playwrights Lila Rose Kaplan, Caridad Svich, David Adjmi, David Rabinow, and Ben Jolivet, and two script analysis classes with director/dramaturg Rachel Walsche of Gamm Theatre. She continues to hone her craft through her writers’ Blue Cow group and other regional opportunities including the 2014 Stony Brook Southampton Summer Play Festival. She has a B.A. in English and an M.L.S. degree, which she used in her long career as a public library administrator.

Her short play Ferry Me Home was produced by Sundog Theater in 2013. Her full length play Cicadas has received readings at Wilbury Theatre Group Studio W New Works in April 2019 and at The Actors Studio of Newburyport, MA, in conjunction with The North Shore Readers Theatre in 2017. Her one act play Last Night at the Arcade was produced by The Gallery Players of Brooklyn, NY in 2018 and Silver Springs Stage Aug. 2019. Her ten minute play Game Changer has been produced multiple venues and was awarded Audience Favorite at Acme Theatre Maynard, MA in 2019. Her ten min. play Junk was awarded audience favorite at Theatre One in Middleboro, MA in 2019. Her 10 min. play Bonnie & Clyde at the 7-11 has been produced at multiple venues as well. Her one act play ReUnion had a workshop production by The Players at Barker Playhouse of Providence in 2019.
Kay is a member of the Dramatist Guild and a greater Providence writing group called Blue Cow Group.