KATE LUMPKIN, CSA

Kate Lumpkin (she/her) truly believes in the power of storytelling and storytellers.

She is a creative development specialist who develops talent and new work through producing, teaching, coaching, casting and writing.

For the better part of the last decade, she was the Founder of and Lead Casting Director at Kate Lumpkin Casting, CSA. Collectively, as a casting professional, she worked on over 40 TV/Film productions and 80 theatrical productions in New York City and across the USA including shows at The Kennedy Center, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, The A.R.T, NYTW and many others. She teaches workshops in New York and at numerous Colleges and Universities all over the world.

In addition to casting, producing, and coaching, some of her life adventures have led her to work as the VP of Marketing and PR for a major private consulting firm, spend time working at an elementary school in Tanzania, tour the country singing+dancing, and work in development for National Geographic. Kate holds a degree in Anthropology and Folklore from Indiana University and is a graduate of The William Esper Studios where she trained in the Meisner Technique.

When she is not working, Kate is a passionate activist, an avid traveler, lover of iced-coffee, and can often be found playing D&D or watching British period dramas on repeat.