Kate Al-Shamma recently relocated to Nashville from California. She currently teaches acting, voice, and movement at Belmont University and has taught these and related performance courses at universities in San Francisco and Santa Barbara over the past fourteen years. As both a performer and a director, Kate specializes in image-driven theatre, which includes Shakespeare as well as improvisational forms of choreographic theatre. She recently made her Nashville directing debut with Actors Bridge Ensemble’s production of BLUE/ORANGE.