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Playwrights Realm Staff


Katherine Kovner, Artistic Director
read Katherine's bio

Renee Blinkwolt, Producing Director
read Renee's bio

Rosalind Grush, Marketing and Development Manager

Alex Barron, Literary Manager

Kate Weber, Administrative Assistant
Jason Fitzgerald, Writing Fellows Dramaturg
Bruce Cohen, Press Representative
Paul Davis/Calleri Casting, Casting Director
Michael Locher, Graphic Designer
 

 
 
 

Playwrights Realm Staff Bios

 

Katherine Kovner

Artistic Director
Katherine can be occasionally glimpsed behind a towering stack of scripts. If not, chances are you’ll find her reading a great book.

Katherine’s prodigious script-reading powers paid off when she came across Dov and Ali by Anna Zeigler and Substitution by Anton Dudley, both of which she directed for the Realm. Before founding The Realm Katherine was the artistic associate at Classic Stage Company, a freelance director, and also assisted directors on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in the West-End. Other directing credits include: Roxy Font by Liza Lentini for The New York Fringe Festival which earned four stars from Time out Magazine and won the Fringe’s best ensemble award; Elliot: A Soldier's Fugue by Quiara Alegria Hudes at Luna Stage; Iphigenia and Other Daughters by Elllen McLaughlin also at Luna Stage and Lizardskin by Jen Silverman at The New York Fringe Festival. Katherine has developed work with New York Theater Workshop, Soho Rep, New Georges, New Dramatists, New York Stage and Film, Classic Stage Company, EST, and Brooklyn Playwrights Collective. In 2006 she was the directing fellow at The Public Theatre's Shakespeare Lab and she was a member of The Soho Rep Writer Director Lab in 2008-2009. She is a member of the Lincoln Center's Directors Lab and an affiliated artist with New Georges. Katherine is a graduate of Brown University but her favorite color is red.

kkovner@playwrightsrealm.org

 

 
 

Renee Blinkwolt

Producing Director

Renee's penchant for conversation, problem solving, and rolled-up-sleeves makes her an awesome producer of everything from 7-layer dip to new plays.  

 
Before joining the play-making team at the Realm, Renee was Managing Director at Naked Angels where she produced the world premiere of Zayd Dohrn’s Outside People and supported the development of over 25 new plays. She has also served as The Civilians' Associate Producer (developing In The Footprint), The TEAM's Producing Director (producing Architecting and developing Mission Drift), and Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Season ProducerIf you’re sensing a theme, you’re right: Renee is proud to have worked with many of NYC's small but fierce theatre companies and loves creating new plays with talented, emerging collaborators! Additionally, Renee has served as the General Manager of Two River Theater Company in New Jersey and the General Manager of Red Bull Theater Company (producing The Maids and The Witch of Edmonton and developing Aeneid and Margaret: A Tyger’s Heart).  Renee has a BFA in Directing from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MFA in Producing and Theatre Management from Columbia University, but she is most proud of her weekend skills on the barbeque grill.

rblinkwolt@playwrightsrealm.org