Kathleen Warnock

Kathleen Warnock

Kathleen Warnock's plays have been produced in New York, London, Dublin (Ireland and Georgia) and regionally. Recent productions include "The Butt Trumpet," "How to Get Married in Five Steps and 15 Years" and "The Further Adventures of..." at the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival (Ireland) "The Further Adventures of..." was also seen at the Women's...
Kathleen Warnock's plays have been produced in New York, London, Dublin (Ireland and Georgia) and regionally. Recent productions include "The Butt Trumpet," "How to Get Married in Five Steps and 15 Years" and "The Further Adventures of..." at the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival (Ireland) "The Further Adventures of..." was also seen at the Women's International Theatre Festival (Provincetown, MA and Fringe NYC. “What to Throw Throw Out” was presented by CTEK Arts at the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival and “Some Are People” at Philadelphia Gayfest. NYC productions include “Grieving for Genevieve” (MITF), “Rock the Line,” and “Some Are People” at Emerging Artists Theater.

She is Associate Artistic Director of TOSOS (The Other Side of Silence), NYC's oldest professional LGBTQ+ company. She hosts the Drunken! Careening! Writers! reading series the third Thursday of the month at KGB Bar (since 2004). She is Ambassador of Love for North America for the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival and a member of The Dramatists Guild.

Plays

  • Grieving for Genevieve
    The Peck family gathers in Baltimore for rock singer sister Delilah's third wedding in the last decade of the last century. Estranged oldest sister Danni arrives unannounced. Youngest sister Angel is a rather unhappy, nervous nun. Their mom, Genevieve, is an old nurse who smokes too much, and has a house full of cats, knows she can run her daughters' lives much better than they can. A sudden crisis...
    The Peck family gathers in Baltimore for rock singer sister Delilah's third wedding in the last decade of the last century. Estranged oldest sister Danni arrives unannounced. Youngest sister Angel is a rather unhappy, nervous nun. Their mom, Genevieve, is an old nurse who smokes too much, and has a house full of cats, knows she can run her daughters' lives much better than they can. A sudden crisis thrusts Danni into a leadership role, and leaves the sisters dependent on each other to take care of themselves and Genevieve.
  • That's Her Way
    From high school to middle age, Ferro and Stuckey have never been able to get it right...or get over each other. Echoes of the past resonate in the present. The one-act play (running time, 45 min) takes place in the small Southern town where Wallace (Stuckey) and Margarita (Ferro) grew up, and where Stuckey still lives. When Ferro returns to take care of her ailing mother, the two find themselves remembering...
    From high school to middle age, Ferro and Stuckey have never been able to get it right...or get over each other. Echoes of the past resonate in the present. The one-act play (running time, 45 min) takes place in the small Southern town where Wallace (Stuckey) and Margarita (Ferro) grew up, and where Stuckey still lives. When Ferro returns to take care of her ailing mother, the two find themselves remembering who they were, and what they nearly had. The actors play themselves as both teens and adults.

    Originally produced by Emerging Artists Theatre at FrigidNY, also produced by EAT at the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival (Ireland). Note: the play does not have any LGBT characters in it. It was invited to the IDGTF because of its universal themes and because they like my work.

    Nominated for Best Short Play, NY Innovative Theatre Awards; Nominated for the Oscar Wilde Award for Writing, IDGTF.
  • What to Throw Out
    Allison, a college professor, has to move out of her apartment, but she can’t seem to get it together to sort through, throw away and pack her clutter. She calls in Mandy, a mover, who helps Allison throw away what she no longer needs, and get her to the next place. Allison falls in love with Mandy, who is also in a place where she can’t move.
  • Unseasonable
    Tari and Robbie were enjoying Happy Hour on an unseasonably warm autumn day. Then came "the incident." Now Tari's trying to piece together what happened, and find her wife in the emergency room.