Cate
Ginsberg
Hey! I'm Cate!
I'm an eighth-generation Texan, but I now call DC home. I graduated Magna Cum Laude from American University with degrees in Musical Theater and Communication Studies. Today I perform, but I also teach and choreograph. Ask me about my dog (the love of my life), cooking, or my attempt at TikTok fame.​
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Some fun facts about me.
- I went to an all girl's school for 13 years
- Murphy beds terrify me
- I'm trying to read 50 books this year
- I recently joined the Artistic Council at The Puppet Company
Performance work.
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Cate knew she would be involved in performance from a very young age. As early as 5 years old Cate started to steal scenes when she began dancing in the aisles during a performance of Can-Can.
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At American, Cate focused on a degree in Musical Theatre but also focused on performances where all theatrical elements work in tandem. She took a variety of classes to keep her toolbox as full as possible, including physical theater, Shakespeare, and object theater.
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Today Cate works all over the DMV, mostly in children's theater. Through children's theater, she's learned new skills like puppeteering. While she loves children's theater, she's also itching to do more work for an adult audience.
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Choreography work.
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Though new to the world of choreography, Cate has already made a name for herself in educational theater. Cate has worked with children in Pre-K all the way up to the collegiate level.
You can check out more​ on her choreography page.
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Current/Upcoming Performances
Theater Prometheus
Galatea
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If a boy falls in love with another boy in the forest, but the boy is actually a girl dressed as a boy so she doesn't get sacrificed to Neptune, but the other boy is ALSO a girl dressed as a boy so SHE doesn't get sacrificed to Neptune, and unbeknownst to them they're both the subject of some Cupid-Venus-Diana god trickery, and in the end both of them are fine with one of them ACTUALLY becoming a boy if it means they can be together forever... is it really gay? Or: a gay romcom in the woods.
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By John Lyly
Directed by Tracey Erbacher
Recent Performances
Adventure Theater MTC
Junie B Jones: The Musical
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Cate juggled lemons and became an over-all nuisance at Adventure.
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Adapted from the JUNIE B. JONES series by Barbara Park
Book and Lyrics by Marcy Heisler
Music by Zina Goldrich
Directed and Choreographed by Ashleigh King
Imagination Stage
Nate The Great
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Cate recently understudied Mom and Rosamond in Imagination Stage's production of Nate the Great!
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Books/Lyrics by John Maclay
Music/Lyrics by Brett Ryback
Based on the book by Marjorie Sharmat
Directed by Janet Stanford
The Puppet Co.
Sleeping Beauty
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Cate plays an angry fairy, a bumbling king, and a dashing prince in this production of Sleeping Beauty. This show is Cate's first experience with rod puppets, which is almost like balances in baseball bat on your hand and acting at the same time.
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Directed by Liz Dapo
The Puppet Co.
The Nutcracker (22, 23, 24)
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This time honored seasonal celebration includes Tchaikovsky's familiar story of Clara and her prince, with some Puppet Co. nursery rhyme spin.
In 2024 Cate served as the Dance Captain and Lead Puppet Technician.
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Directed by Elizabeth Dapo/Danny Pushkin
Assistant Directed by Kirk Bixby
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American University
Christina
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A signature work of feminist theater. A group of eight women gather in the country home of their brilliant and eccentric friend, Fefu. As multiple conflicts unfold between the old friends, the women struggle to define who they are and what it means to be a woman in a patriarchal society.
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Directed by Nadia Guevera
By Maria Irene Fornes
