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Caity-Shea Violette

National Award-Winning Playwright

Caity-Shea Violette

writer and actress based in Chicago, IL.

Caity-Shea Violette
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Caity-Shea Violette

Caity-Shea Violette is a national award-winning playwright whose work stories makes invisible disabilities, complex trauma, and gender-based violence more accessible to wider audiences. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Playwriting at Boston University. A Minnesota Native, she holds a BFA in Theatre from the University of Minnesota, Duluth and is a graduate of the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists. Caity-Shea is passionate about exploring trauma, invisible disabilities, and gender-based violence by creating new work. She is a member of Dramatists Guild of America.

In addition to her work as an artist, Caity-Shea is also an access advocate in the theatrical community. She was named part of ADA 25 Advancing Leadership's 2017 Fellows Class, a program for emerging leaders with disabilities who are committed to creating change. Since 2014, Caity-Shea has worked with The Voices and Faces Project, a nonprofit that empowers survivors of sexual violence and human trafficking to share their stories. 

 

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Michigan Premiere Production of Reap The Grove
Feb 1
Feb 1, 2019 – Feb 24, 2019
Michigan Premiere Production of Reap The Grove
Feb 1, 2019 – Feb 24, 2019

Matrix Theatre Company presents the Michigan Premiere production of Caity-Shea’s full-length play, Reap The Grove.

Tickets available here!

Feb 1, 2019 – Feb 24, 2019
Production of Save The Date in SUNY Genesee Community College Play Festival
Feb 21
Feb 21, 2019 – Feb 24, 2019
Production of Save The Date in SUNY Genesee Community College Play Festival
Feb 21, 2019 – Feb 24, 2019

Caity-Shea’s short play Save The Date will be produced as part of SUNY Genesee Community College short play festival running from February 21st-24th in Batavia, NY.

Feb 21, 2019 – Feb 24, 2019
Staged Reading of Reap The Grove in Chicago
Mar 15
Mar 15, 2019
Staged Reading of Reap The Grove in Chicago
Mar 15, 2019

Caity-Shea’s full-length play Reap The Grove will have staged reading, audience discussion and reception at Artemisia, A Chicago Theatre. One Night Only: March 15th, 2019 @ 7:30pm at The Den Theatre in Wicker Park.

Tickets available here!

Mar 15, 2019
Production of One Ring in Cone Man Running Productions Five Minute Mile
Mar 28
Mar 28, 2019 – Apr 13, 2019
Production of One Ring in Cone Man Running Productions Five Minute Mile
Mar 28, 2019 – Apr 13, 2019

Caity-Shea’s new short play One Ring was selected to be produced as part of Cone Man Running Productions Five Minute Mile Festival. Check it out at Spring Street Studios in Houston, TX from March 28 - April 13, 2019.

Mar 28, 2019 – Apr 13, 2019
Staged Reading of Reap The Grove in Oklahoma City
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2019
Staged Reading of Reap The Grove in Oklahoma City
Apr 26, 2019

This spring, Reap The Grove will have a staged reading as part of Ignition Arts' Incubator Reading Series in residence at Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. Official date will be announced soon!

Apr 26, 2019
Production of The Stand in 2019 InspiraTO Festival
May 30
May 30, 2019 – Jun 8, 2019
Production of The Stand in 2019 InspiraTO Festival
May 30, 2019 – Jun 8, 2019

Caity-Shea’s new short play THE STAND was selected to be produced as part of Canada’s largest ten-minute play festival! Check it out at InspiraTO Festival in Toronto from May 30th - June 8th, 2019.

May 30, 2019 – Jun 8, 2019
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Caity-Shea Violette

Caity-Shea Violette is a playwright, actress, and copywriter based in Chicago, Illinois.