Kate Reinders

Kate Reinders is an actor and singer who has appeared in multiple stage and screen projects. On Broadway she originated the role of Portia in Something Rotten!, played Cynthia Weil in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, and appeared in Meteor Shower, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Good Vibrations, the 2002 revival of Into The Woods, the 2003 revival of Gypsy and in Wicked, where she replaced Megan Hilty as Glinda.

Kate has also appeared Off Broadway, and at various regional theatres across the country. Young audiences may know her best for her TV appearances, especially her portrayal of Miss Jenn in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series now streaming on Disney+.

I interviewed this week’s guest live during the Keynote presentation of the Virginia Theatre Association (VTA) conference online. VTA is one of the largest statewide theatre associations in the country and is the central resource for connecting, creating, cultivating and advocating for practitioners of theatre in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  For more information about VTA or to donate, please go to virginiatheatre.org