Plays by Kate
Pride and Prejudice at Pemberley College
Experience Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice like never before in this modernized, queer, genderbent, theatrical comedy.
Elizabeth Bennet, sophomore at Pemberley College, has her sights set on revolutionizing the neuroscience field, but steering her sisters from disaster has become a full-time job: Jane is hopelessly in love with the kindhearted Charlie Bingley but can’t control her nerves, Lydia is determined to throw all caution to the wind to join the Delta Delta Delta sorority, and Mary . . . well, Mary’s up to something in that dorm of hers.
Even Lizzy, who’s sworn off men and women alike until she finishes her studies, finds herself caught between charming swim star Wickham and the gorgeous—but stuck-up—Darcy Williams. Can Lizzy win the Fellowship Competition and protect her heart?
Cast: 8W, 4M
Length: 2 hours, 30 minutes
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Production History
2023: Ursinus College Distinguished Honors Program
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Listen to the J.A.M. with Us podcast episode about the premiere performance
Letters from Sappho
A writer struggling to find her voice accidentally discovers that she can send letters back in time to the Greek poet Sappho.
Cast: 3W
Length: 10 minutes
Production History
2023: Ursinus College Fringe Festival
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“So simple yet so symbolic! Fantastically written and such a unique concept. It's gay panic met with grappling with the internal struggle of accepting yourself.”
-Hannah Duran, NPX review
Captain Darling
J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan is reimagined in this dark drama, in similar style to Paula Vogel and Sarah Ruhl.
What if Peter Pan isn’t the hero and Captain Hook isn’t the villain? What if something more sinister is happening in Neverland? What if the stories handed down to us tell only part of the story? In this dark, feminist adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic, Kate Isabel Foley reimagines the characters we thought we knew and takes us on a journey in which Mrs. Darling and Wendy must decide whom to trust and how far they would go to save those they love.
Cast: 2W, 14M*
*Male roles may be portrayed by actors of any gender, so long as the characters remain men
Length: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Production History
2024: Ursinus College Theater Department, mainstage season
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Photo credits: Mark Garvin
Read the Broadway World article about the world premiere performances by clicking HERE.
In the Backseat
Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive meets A Christmas Carol in an introspective magical realism narrative told through multiple timelines and one woman’s car.
Twenty-three-year-old college dropout Harper is taking an impulsive road trip across the U.S., and she won’t stop until she reaches the coast–it’s the best way to outrun the ghosts from her past. Or maybe it’s not, considering her ghosts keep showing up in the backseat of her Subaru. Past exes, her roommate, it doesn’t matter who these uninvited hitchhikers are–they all have something to teach Harper, something to help her discover what she’s been hiding from herself.
But there’s one hitchhiker Harper can’t shake: the one she’s avoiding most, and the one who knows the most about Harper–like why she ran away in the first place.
Cast: 6W, 1M, 1genderqueer
Length: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Ghost Light
Community theater actors Eli and Dean virtually celebrate at a distance the simultaneous opening and closing night of their musical production due to the rise of COVID-19 in the United States.
Cast: 2M
Length: 10 minutes
Production History
2021: Ursinus College Breakaway Student Productions One-Act Festival
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Sigma Sigma Delta
Any girl would jump at the chance to be a part of the Sigma Sigma Delta sisterhood. Alex is the newest pledge, but does she have what it takes? A secret nighttime ritual and an increasingly invasive line of questioning heightens tensions between the SSD sisters. Maybe the all-powerful sorority president isn't as untouchable as she thinks she is.
Cast: 5W
Length: 10 minutes
