Cat Brindisi, Asolo Rep Associate Artistic Director and Choreographer of Dancing at Lughnasa - Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Cat Brindisi was a co-founder of 7th House Theater. 7th House produced new work as well as radically reimagined stagings of plays from the canon. 7th House created new musicals and plays with music in both found and theatrical spaces - most recently in collaboration with the Dowling Studio at The Guthrie Theatre. 7th House’s musical The Passage (written by her husband, David Darrow) was accepted into the National Alliance for Musical Theatre Festival in 2017 sparking her move to New York City where she resided until joining the Asolo Repertory Theatre.  

As an Actor: The Guthrie Theater: 13 mainstage shows since 2014. Cat was not a graduate of the BFA Guthrie program, making this theatrical home even more special to her. New World Stages; Signature Theatre (NYMF 2019); St. Louis Rep (Wind Up Girl); Alabama Shakespeare; Mixed Blood (The Chronicles of Kalki by Netflix writer Aditi Brennan Kapil); Theater Latté Da (Spring Awakening, Aida, ...Spelling Bee); and The Ordway.  

As Producer & Director: 7th House Theater: Little Shop of Horrors, Hair, Rhinoceros, Ceniphilia. 7th House Theater at The Guthrie Theater: Jonah and the Whale, The Great Work, The Passage. Cedar Summerstock: Once Upon a Mattress. Asolo Rep: Assistant Director on Lady Molly of Scotland Yard directed by Peter Rothstein.  

As Choreographer: Asolo Rep: Man of La Mancha, The Sounds Inside at The Southern directed by Kate Sutton-Johnson, Beehive, directed by Regina Marie Williams. Upcoming Asolo Rep: Dancing at Lughnasa directed by Joe Dowling.  

As a Writer: The Daughters: An autobiographical play with music centering around Cat's journey through alcoholism and the other side of recovery (proudly sober since 7/28/2015.) The House at Echo’s End: an original musical for radio theatre developed at Everwood Writer’s Retreat.  

Cat received her BFA in Theatre and minored in Dance from the University of Minnesota, Duluth and was accepted as one of six into the Directing MFA program at Columbia under Anne Bogart. However, pursuing this degree has recently been put on hold as she has stepped into the position of Associate Artistic Director at Asolo Rep for the 2024-2025 season.