Artist & Educator

Abbie Cathcart (they/them) is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Acting and Voice at the College of William & Mary. They hold an MFA from Michigan State University and a BFA from the University of Southern Mississippi. Abbie is an Intimacy Director (certification pending with IDC Professionals), a Certified Practitioner of Lessac Kinesensics, a Registered Yoga Teacher with a trauma-informed focus (YA 200-hour), and has a background in Knight-Thompson Speechwork. They are also a member of VASTA and ATHE.

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They are one of the co-creators of The Moment Before: An Actor’s Warm-up Podcast and have been published in the International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA). For three years, Abbie served first as an apprentice and then as a Resident Company Member at Commonweal Theatre Company, where they performed in repertory seasons and contributed to arts administration.

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Directing credits include Proof and Men On Boats (William & Mary), The Penelopiad (MSU), and Untold Stories, a devised digital production (MSU). As an intimacy director, Abbie has worked on The Skriker, How I Learned to Drive, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and Romeo and Juliet (William & Mary).

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Favorite acting roles include Pilot in Grounded (MSU), Creature in Frankenstein (MSU), Agave in The Bacchae (MSU), as well as Shelby in Steel Magnolias, Margaret in Silent Sky, and The Woman in Scotland Road at Commonweal Theatre Company.

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When not working, Abbie enjoys watching horror movies, painting with their fiancé, and doting on their two adorable cats, Hero and Dumpling.