Kate JasonSmith
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Kate JasonSmith (born 1950) is a New Zealand actor, producer, playwright, filmmaker, photographer, and businesswoman. Based in Wellington, she has studied and worked elsewhere, including Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.A feminist,as a theatre and film practitioner, she has been most recognised throughout her career for her role in establishing and producing Hens' Teeth, a platform for dozens of Kiwi female actors, musicians, and comedians that became a staple of the New Zealand theatre and comedy scene between 1988 and 2003.
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[edit]- So you're playing to your audience in a way. And of course, because when you get older, there's not much on the stage that reflects you. People love to see themselves reflected on the stage. ... That's what theatre should be. It should be telling us stuff about ourselves. And when you get to be over 70, that's what we're doing,
- Keep in mind that the people who go to the theatre tend to be older. I put on a theatre show two years ago now or a year and a half, something like that,
- it’s important to not just sit around and wait for somebody else to give you work: “It's nice if somebody else does, but you can't survive in this industry [if you don’t] create your own stuff.”
