Director. Choreographer.
NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED: THE ROCK EXPERIENCE - Director
Northbrook Theatre, Northbrook IL (2024)
THE MAID - Director
National High School Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (2019)
DRUNK SHAKESPEARE - Resident Director
The Lion Theatre, Chicago, IL (2019-2023)
CREATOR/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
The Album Project, Los Angeles & Touring (2014-present)
THE CASE OF THE MISSING PETS - Teaching Artist & Director
Chicago Children’s Theatre, Chicago, IL (2022)
FAMILY REUNION - Teaching Artist & Director
Chicago Children’s Theatre, Chicago, IL (2021)
LEZSING - Director/Arranger
The Broadway, Chicago, IL (2019)
AVENUE Q - Director/Contributing Choreographer
Redhouse Arts Center, Syracuse, NY (2016)
Nominated for 9 SALT Awards, including Musical of the Year and Best Director
FIRST DATE - Co-Choreographer
Austin Theatre Project, Austin, TX (2016)
Nominated for "Best Choreography" & "Best Cast of a Musical," Broadway World (Austin)
LEGALLY BLONDE, JR. - Director
TexARTS, Lakeway, TX (2016)
Nominated for "Best Direction," Broadway World (Austin)
SEVEN SPOTS ON THE SUN - Assistant Director
(Dir. Michael Garces)
Theatre at Boston Court, Pasadena, CA (2015)
SEX, LOVE, AND YOGA - Director
Workshop at MACHA, West Hollywood, CA (2015)
THE ALBUM PROJECT: RUMOURS - Director/Choreographer
King King, Los Angeles, CA (2015)
THE ALBUM PROJECT: JAGGED LITTLE PILL - Director/Choreographer
Nearly Naked Theatre, Phoenix, AZ (2014)
Rockwell Table & Stage, Silverlake, CA (2014)
THE ALBUM PROJECT: + - Director
Rockwell Table & Stage, Silverlake, CA (2014)
The Federal, Los Angeles, CA (2014)
8 – THE PLAY - Producer/Director
Crest Theatre, Sacramento, CA (2012)
SPRING AWAKENING - Director/Choreographer
With Glory|Struck Productions
The Hayworth Theatre, CA (2012)
StageScene LA “Scene” Recipient - "Best Production of a Musical," "Best Direction of a Musical," & "Best Ensemble"
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - Assistant Director
(Dir. Jessica Kubzansky)
Mainstreet Theatre Co, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (2011)
Avenue Q at Redhouse Arts Center in Syracuse, NY
West Hollywood workshop of Sex, Love, and Yoga
The cast of Spring Awakening in Concert with
Love is Louder's Brittany Snow and Kathleen Coombs
Kathleen directing the cast of Legally Blonde, Jr.
Molly McCook and the cast of The Album Project: Jagged Little Pill
“The show is fully cast, choreographed, and staged under the helm of director Kate [Coombs]. In all honesty, given the show’s inherently sparse and abstract nature in terms of setting and staging, one can hardly tell the difference between this concert rendition and a full-scale production [...] not to be missed. ”