Kate Douglas Named as Resident Artist for Sala Beckett Playwright Exchange
Meet the Artists
Kate Douglas is a writer, performer, and composer. Recent work includes The Apiary (Second Stage: Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, New York Times Critic’s Pick), Tulipa (New York Stage & Film), My Dog is Dead (Ancram Center for the Arts) and hag with Grace McLean (Vivace Award). She is the recipient of the Jonathan Larson Award for music & lyrics and the Next Forever Commission (The Civilians/Princeton University). Performance credits include Punchdrunk's Sleep No More (where she also held the title of Associate Artist), Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville U.S. Concert Tour, and Fernando Rubio’s Everything by my side. www.katedouglasprojects.com
We're thrilled to announce writer, composer, and performer Kate Douglas as the resident for the second iteration of the PlayCo & Sala Beckett Playwright Residency Exchange from July 2-23rd, 2026 in Barcelona.
Douglas’s Off-Broadway debut, 2024’s The Apiary at Second Stage Theater, was met with acclaim. In a New York Times Critic’s Pick review, Jesse Green called it “a bright, strange and mesmerizing marvel by Kate Douglas, making her professional playwriting debut.”
Douglas said of the residency, “I am thrilled for this opportunity to be in dialogue with other artists from around the world about what theatre can do and be in these strange times. I hope this is only the beginning of meaningful global exchange in my career, especially around themes I continue to return to over and over: awe, interconnectedness, and estrangement from the natural world.”
Hosted by PlayCo & Sala Beckett
July 2-23, 2026
Resident Playwright
Kate Douglas