{"id":15368,"date":"2021-02-26T23:18:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T23:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:48:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:48:42","slug":"kate-abbruzzese","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/client\/actors\/kate-abbruzzese\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Abbruzzese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kate-Abbruzzese-1-Primary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-15369\" title=\"Kate Abbruzzese #1 (Primary)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kate-Abbruzzese-1-Primary-e1614381230670-155x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div title=\"Page 1\">\n<div>\n<div>Kate Abbruzzese is New York-based actress and award-winning playwright.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Abbruzzese recently completed filming a lead role in the independent short film WHEREVER YOU ARE, I\u2019M HERE opposite Marc Menchaca.<\/p>\n<p>Abbruzzese can be seen in the feature film, THE CHAPERONE opposite Elizabeth McGovern. TV credits include GUEST LEAD roles on LAW &amp; ORDER: SVU for NBC, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS for CBS, THE BLACKLIST, Season 7 for NBC, THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL for Amazon Prime. THE EQUALIZER for UNIVERSAL TELEVISION.<\/p>\n<p>Abbruzzese co-starred Off-Broadway opposite Christopher Lloyd in POUND, a new play about Ezra Pound by award winning playwright Sean O\u2019Leary. Both the play and Kate were excellently reviewed. \u201cKate Abbruzzese is virtuous, appealing and revealing as she subtly controls the action of the play. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other New York theatre, Abbruzzese recently performed in her award-winning original one act play, AN EVENING WITH THE MACBETHS directed by Vivienne Benesch at the Red Bull Theatre Annual Play Festival. She played Celia in The Public Theater workshop of AS YOU LIKE IT adapted and directed by Laurie Woolery &amp; with music by Shaina Taub. Abbruzzese co-starred in the New York workshop presentation of DESCRIBE THE NIGHT by Rajiv Joseph as Urzula, an alluring Polish immigrant, before its run at the Atlantic Theater.<\/p>\n<p>Regionally, Abbruzzese most recently starred in the Hartford Stage\/Syracuse Stage co-production of<i>\u00a0Espejos\/Clean<\/i> as Sarah, and in the world premiere reading of BLACK DICK at the Eugene O\u2019Neill National Playwrights Conference. She originated the role of Margot in Jeffrey Thatcher\u2019s adaptation of DIAL M FOR MURDER, and Gwendolyn Fairfax in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. Abbruzzese performed, to critical acclaim, the role of Elizabeth in a comedic adaptation of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE at Baltimore Stage. At Shakespeare &amp; Company in Lenox, MA., her roles have included Ophelia in HAMLET opposite Finn Wittrock and Jessica in MERCHANT OF VENICE which earned her a mention in the WSJ as one of the best summer performances out of town.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>REEL<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/activepitch.com\/kateabbruzzese<\/p>\n<p>TRAINING<\/p>\n<p>MFA NYU Graduate Acting<\/p>\n<p>EDUCATION<\/p>\n<p>Vassar College<br \/>\nB.A. Drama &amp; Psychology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Abbruzzese is New York-based actress and award-winning playwright. Abbruzzese recently completed filming a lead role in the independent short<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":52,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15368","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15368"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18648,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15368\/revisions\/18648"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}