Producer and Music Director

Kate Larsen

Actress, Singer, Musician, Dancer and Mom 

It was the challenge of producing and performing in “Tales of Canterbury” and Shuhe’s incredible energy that drew me to Ensemble Loupan. What seemed an impossibility at times has become a reality requiring the perfect culmination of my musical, theatrical and organizational skills!  Playing multiple roles, singing, coordinating music and helping administrate the company should keep me busy and feeling young for many years to come. 

Born in Canada and raised in Virginia, I was drawn to the stage as a child. My roots were in children’s theater and by High School I was performing on such stages as The Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap and Radio City Music Hall.  Eventually I grew up and left the theater behind to become a full-time singer. I traveled the world working everything from cruise ships in Europe, the Caribbean, Trans-Canal and Alaska to the Hawaiian Islands coordinating themed conventions that recreated worlds from the “roaring 20’s” to U.S.O. shows on the M.A.S.H. compound.

 

Inevitably, my two children, Signe and Rafe, came along and life changed. I moved back to the mainland, settling in Portland, OR. and motherhood took over. Ironically, my kids drew me back to the stage when they caught the performing bug. Roles in Portland have included Chastity in Anything Goes with Lakewood Theater Company, Beauty and Kindred in Everyman with Radiant Theatre Co., Helen Cooper in Night of the Living Dead and Mrs. Prentiss in the drammy-award-winning Magic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle with The Northwest Children’s Theater, Vera in Pal Joey with Hillsboro Artists Repertory, Sharon in Shell Games with Masque Alfresco and, my personal favorite, an on-going role as the French sword fighting pirate wench with B.O.O.M! I have also worked in film, television, print, voice- over and the recording studio.

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