Childsplay
Katie McFadzen serves as a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, where co-teaching responsibilities for Persuasive Speech focus on 2nd and 3rd year law students. With extensive experience in the performing arts, Katie has been an Actor and Director at The Phoenix Theatre Company since 2002, participating in various productions and also directing several works within The Festival of New American Theatre. As an Associate Artist at Childsplay, Inc. since 1993, Katie has engaged in acting, directing, and teaching. Additional experience includes acting and directing at Stray Cat Theatre from 2009 to 2023. Katie holds a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre for Young Audiences from Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
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Childsplay
Since 1977, Childsplay has been committed to its mission: “To create theatre so strikingly original in form, content or both that it instills in young people an enduring awe, love, and respect for the medium, thus preserving imagination and wonder, those hallmarks of childhood that are the keys to the future.” An internationally respected theatre company that performs for children and families in Arizona, Childsplay believes that young people deserve to experience theatre of the highest artistic quality. Respect for children’s intelligence and creativity drives the organization to produce great works and prioritize the development and presentation of plays that reflect our school audiences. Childsplay’s understanding of the enduring challenges facing Arizona classrooms also leads the company to offer arts education resources to more than 600 schools across the state. The company has received major support from both local and national funders, including the National Endowment for the Arts, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Shubert Foundation. In addition to Childsplay’s professional productions, our educational programming has expanded dramatically in response to the needs of our school partners. Over 1,500 young people attend classes each year in the Childsplay Theatre Academy and nearly 5,000 students experience drama directly in their classrooms through Childsplay’s Education Outreach programs. These programs emphasize experiential learning, language acquisition and literacy competency – essential precursors to overall academic achievement and long-term success across all subject areas. Childsplay believes that by continuing to create strikingly original theatre and connecting to young people’s learning potential, we can build a generation of creative learners, innovative thinkers and dynamic leaders.