Kate Bailey is a forward-thinking female LGBTQIA+ writer, originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Kate received her BA in Theatre Performance from Louisiana State University and her MFA in Playwriting from the University of New Orleans. She also studied playwriting at Chicago Dramatists in Chicago and teleplay writing at the UCLA Extension Program. She is the founder of Jolly Pig Project, a resource for writers in Los Angeles, where she coordinates and participates in all readings and mixers. She is a founding member of Generate INK, New Orleans first and only playwright-driven nonprofit, where she helped new playwrights by producing their first shows. She has had short plays in numerous short play festivals in New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Her short play Stimulate was published at The Furious Gazelle, an online magazine, and her full-length play Pleading 894 is available from By/For Publishing. New Orleans full-length credits include STRAYS and Pleading 894. Los Angeles credits include A Surplus Of and the radio play Hollywood & Western. She is the Creator/Executive Producer of the web series To and From, available on Youtube and seen in local film festivals. She is a reader for Starz Originals and Stage32.