Cat Ramirez (director)

Cat Ramirez (Director) (they/he/she) is a queer, mixed race, Philly-based performance director and producer who loves logistical puzzles, community meals, and bisexual lighting. Some of their favorite directing projects include She Was a Conquistawhore with Rachel O’Hanlon Rodriguez and Die Cast, Letters to the Moon and deciphering the knots in the pine beams with Mel Hsu, Half Magic with Joseph Ahmed, Meet Murasaki Shikibu with Tiny Dynamite (Barrymore nomination for Outstanding Direction), Young Americans with Theatre Horizon, and Space Opera with Obvious Agency. They have produced and developed programming for the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Asian Arts Initiative, and Lightning Rod Special, and their writing has appeared in American Theatre Magazine. Cat is the outgoing Creative Director for Philly Asian Performing Artists (PAPA), and the current Creative Producer for Obvious Agency. They serve as a Board Member of the Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation. They are an alumni of the National New Play Network’s Producer-In-Residence Program and have been recognized by Governor Tom Wolf and Pennsylvania Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs for their contributions to Asian American Theatre in the state of Pennsylvania.