Madam(e) Lou at Seattle Open Arts Place

Kate Danley is a USA TODAY Bestselling author and thirty-year veteran of stage and screen with a B.S. in theatre from Towson University. Her plays have been produced nationally and internationally. Her first full-length play, BUILDING MADNESS, won the 2016 Panowski Playwriting Competition. Her second full-length play, WORKING FOR CRUMBS (formerly BUREAUCRAZY), won the B Street Theatre’s New Comedies Festival 2025, two DASH awards for “Best Dead Body Choreography” and “Best Special Effects” at the Burlington Players, was a finalist in the New Works Northwest Festival at ACT Contemporary Theatre, a semi-finalist in the O'Neill National Playwriting Conference, and a semi-finalist in the Moss Hart & Kitty Carlisle New Play Initiative. It received two OFFIE (Off West End) award nominations and two Broadway World UK/West End nominations for its Off-West End debut in London. POWER won Best of the Renegade Theatre Festival. KINGS OF THE WORLD won 3rd place in the 10x10x10 Festival. Her adaptation of Agatha Christie's MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES had its world premiere at Theatre in the Round, the oldest theatre in Minneapolis, and was a “Pick of the Week” by the Star Tribune, “Best of the Year” by Play off the Page, and received sixteen Broadway World nominations. Her screenplay Fairy Blood won 1st Place in the Breckenridge Festival of Film Screenwriting Competition in the Action/Adventure Category and her screenplay American Privateer was a 2nd Round Choice in the Carl Sautter Memorial Screenwriting Competition. Her scripts The Playhouse, Dog Days, Sock Zombie, SuperPout, and Sports Scents can be seen in festivals and on the internet. She trained in on-camera puppetry with Mr. Snuffleupagus and played the head of a 20-foot dinosaur on an NBC pilot. She lost on Hollywood Squares.

Kate Danley spent five weeks on the USA TODAY bestseller list. She was honored with the Garcia Award for Best Fiction Book of the Year (The Woodcutter, 47North), McDougall Previews Award for Best Fantasy Book of the Year (Queen Mab), and her series Maggie MacKay: Magical Tracker is optioned for television. A time capsule aboard the Griffith Lander by Astrobotic will be placing her plays and books on the moon. Her 1930s screwball comedy, Building Madness, won the Panowski Playwriting Award and received its professional world premiere at Harlequin Productions. Working for Crumbs won the B Street Theatre’s New Comedies Festival and will be having its profession world premiere at the B Street Theatre in Sacramento June - July 2026. It was a finalist in the Union Arts Center New Works Northwest festival, semi-finalist in the O'Neill and the Moss Hart & Kitty Carlisle New Play Initiative, and was nominated for two OFFIE Awards for its Off-West End debut. Her adaptation of Agatha Christie’s first Poirot book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was a Critics’ Pick by the Star Tribune, listed as one of the highlights of the year by Play Off the Page, and was nominated for sixteen Broadway World Regional awards. She graduated from Towson University and is a Maryland Distinguished Scholar in the Arts. She trained at The Groundlings, Theatricum Botanicum, Impro (Shakespearian improv), and the Acme Comedy Theater. She performed her original stand-up at such clubs as The Comedy Store and The Icehouse, and wrote sketch for a weekly show in Hollywood. She trained in on-camera puppetry with Michael Earl (Mr. Snuffleupagus, Sesame Street) and lost on Hollywood Squares. www.katedanley.com