Kate Goodwin (MFA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is an associate professor of Theatre and an Interim Associate Dean in the College of Liberal Arts. A Blue Raider alum (’00), Kate is back in the fertile grounds of her early theatre training as she helps prepare new Theatre Teachers and Stage Managers in the Department of Theatre and Dance. Following undergrad, she taught at the Nashville School for the Arts, chairing the Theatre Department from 2003-2006. The pursuit of a MFA in Stage Management at UIUC led to an exciting array of opportunities, including touring internationally with The Builders Association production of Continuous City. Other adventures include serving as Director of Education and Touring for Voices of the South Theatre Company in Memphis, TN; teaching at University of Memphis, Eastern Kentucky University, Asbury University, and Centre College; and in 2014, helping to found AthensWest Theatre Company in Lexington, KY, where she served as Production Manager until her departure for Murfreesboro. She served as the Director for the Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts from 2021-2026. 

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