Kate Morgan Chadwick

Chadwick grew up in La Mesa, California, the youngest of two children, with brother Teddy, born to parents Michele West Chadwick{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/fashion/weddings/kate-chadwick-and-clayton-apgar.html|title=Kate Chadwick and Clayton Apgar|last=Radomsky|first=Rosalie R.|date=30 June 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|via=NYTimes.com}} and the late Dr. David Chadwick,{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/obituaries/story/2020-01-24/david-chadwick-dies-93|title=Dr. David Chadwick, pioneer in child-abuse treatment, dies at 93|last=Wilkens|first=John|date=Jan 24, 2020|newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune|accessdate=Jan 24, 2020}} and graduated from the private Francis Parker School in San Diego in 2001.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/columnists/story/2021-10-14/column-la-mesa-actress-brings-her-baby-home-for-the-san-diego-international-film-festival|title=La Mesa actress brings her 'Baby' home for the San Diego International Film Festival|date=October 14, 2021|website=San Diego Union-Tribune}}{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/parkersd/docs/fp_spring_final_spreads__1_|title=Parker Magazine Spring 2015|author=|date=March 31, 2015|publisher=Parker Magazine, Page 27}} As a child, she performed at San Diego Junior Theatre.{{cite web|url=https://nooz2me.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/reflections-of-a-young-actress/|title=Reflections of a Young Actress|first=Jane|last=Clifford|date=14 May 2012|website=wordpress.com}} She continued acting in high school and college, earning a bachelor of arts degree in theater performance from Fordham College at Lincoln Center. She also trained at Upright Citizens Brigade, an improvisational and comedy group.{{cite web|url=http://pressarchive.theoldglobe.org/pressphotos/Nobody_Loves_You.html|title=Nobody Loves You Press Page|author=|date=|website=pressarchive.theoldglobe.org}}

Chadwick toured nationally on Broadway in 2009 in Grease, co-starring as Frenchy with Taylor Hicks. The play was produced on tour by Paul Nicholas and David Ian.{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Photo-Flash-GREASE-Tour-is-the-Word-in-LA-20090312|title=Photo Flash: GREASE Tour is the 'Word' in LA!|first= |last= |date=|website=broadwayworld.com}} The following year, she performed in the a cappella musical comedy Perfect Harmony at Off-Broadway's Acorn Theater at Theater Row in New York City.{{cite web|url=http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/11-2010/perfect-harmony-to-end-off-broadway-run-november-1_31945.html|title=Perfect Harmony to End Off-Broadway Run November 13|website= theatermania.com| first= Charles |last= Isherwood |date= |publisher=| accessdate= }}

In 2012, Chadwick played the role of the lovelorn schoolteacher Samantha in Nobody Loves You at San Diego's Old Globe Theater,{{Cite web |last=Fullerton |first=Krissie |date=May 17, 2012 |orig-date=May 17, 2012 |title=PHOTO CALL: Adam Kantor, Alex Brightman, Lauren Molina and More in Nobody Loves You at the Old Globe |url=https://playbill.com/article/photo-call-adam-kantor-alex-brightman-lauren-molina-and-more-in-nobody-loves-you-at-the-old-globe-com-193686 }} which The New York Times called "a delightful chamber musical."{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/09/theater/reviews/nobody-loves-you-tv-satire-at-old-globe-in-san-diego.html|title=For Romance as a Game, Heart Gets in the Way, 'Nobody Loves You,' TV Satire at Old Globe in San Diego|first= | last= |date=June 9, 2012|work= The New York Times| access-date= }} That year she also co-starred as Private Lindsay Skinner in Bad Apples, a rock musical premiere about Abu Ghraib at Circle X Theatre Company in Los Angeles.{{cite web| url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-xpm-2012-oct-18-la-et-cm-bad-apples-circle-x-review-20121017-story.html|title=Review: Abu Ghraib, the musical, a.k.a. 'Bad Apples' |first=David C.|last=Nichols|date=18 October 2012 |publisher= |work= Los Angeles Times| access-date= }}

In 2013, Chadwick performed the song "Surrender," accompanied by composer/lyricists Beth Thornley and Rob Cairns, at the 44th Annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards show.{{cite web|url=http://ladramacriticscircle.com/awards-13-presenters/|title=LADCC Annual Awards – Monday March 18th – Host and Presenters announced|publisher=LA Drama Critics Circle|first=|last=|date=|website=ladramacriticscircle.com|access-date=2017-10-07|archive-date=2018-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130014852/http://ladramacriticscircle.com/awards-13-presenters/|url-status=dead}} The following year, she co-wrote and produced the short film Dryve.

She performed with Josh Brolin in 2016's comedy film Hail, Caesar!, which was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the year's top 10 films.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/2016/ |title=National Board of Review Announces 2016 Award Winners |publisher=National Board of Review |date=November 29, 2016 |accessdate=November 29, 2016}}

Also in 2016, Chadwick co-starred in Echo Theater Company's world premiere of Sheila Callaghan's play Bed at the Atwater Village Theatre. Broadway World called it "a funny, sexy and unconventional romance with music." Jennifer Chambers directed.{{cite web |url= http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Village-Theatre/|title=Village Theatre Theatre Credits|first= | last= |date=|website=broadwayworld.com| publisher= | access-date= }} Also in 2016, she again played Private Skinner in the play Bad Apples, this time at ACT Theatre in Seattle.{{cite web| url= https://www.seattlemet.com/articles/2016/9/16/the-hollow-core-of-bad-apples|title=The Hollow Core of 'Bad Apples' at ACT Theatre |first= |last= |website= seattlemet.com |date=|publisher=| access-date= }}

In 2017, she starred in an immersive theater production of Amos: A Play With Music at the Bootleg Theatre in Los Angeles. Play reviewer Noah J. Nelson with No Proscenium described it as "a new work by the writing team of Eva Anderson and Michael Cassady set within the world of Ukraine’s EDM scene."{{cite web|url=https://noproscenium.com/dark-pulse-amos-a-play-with-music-seethes-with-talent-ca8265f39050|title=Dark Pulse: 'Amos: A Play With Music' Seethes With Talent (REVIEW)| first= |last=|date=22 May 2017|website=noproscenium.com}}

Chadwick was cast in the lead role as Rebecca for the 2017 world premiere of Part of the Plan, a musical written by Kate Atkinson and Karen Harris and featuring the songbook of Dan Fogelberg, at the James K. Polk Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee.{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Stars-from-NYC-LA-and-Nashville-Set-for-Dan-Fogelbergs-New-Musical-PART-OF-THE-PLAN-at-TPAC-Cast-Creatives-Announced-20170619|title=Stars from NYC, LA and Nashville Set for Dan Fogelberg's New Musical PART OF THE PLAN at TPAC; Cast, Creatives Announced! |first= | last= |date=|website=broadwayworld.com}} Chadwick and co-star Harley Jay previewed the play on WTVF's "Talk of the Town" show on News Channel 5, Fox's affiliate in Nashville.{{cite web|url=http://www.newschannel5.com/talk-of-the-town/tpac-original-musical-part-of-the-plan-preview|title=TPAC Original Musical "Part of the Plan" Preview|first= | last= | website= newschannel5.com| date=12 September 2017|publisher= Scripps Media}} Chadwick, along with fellow cast members, also interviewed on tape with Out & About Nashville.{{cite web| url= https://www.outandaboutnashville.com/story/dan-fogelberg-iphone-music/51840#.WiZ4iGSpmHI|title=Dan Fogelberg is the iPhone of music|first= | last= |date=25 August 2017| website= outandaboutnashville.com| publisher= | access-date= }}

Guest television appearances include a lead role in Lifetime's My Crazy Ex, plus appearances in the Showtime series Shameless and TNT's Major Crimes.

Chadwick was executive producer, co-writer and star of Oh, Baby! a short film green-lighted by Seed&Spark and in post production in August 2019.{{Cite web |last=Peterson |first=Karla |date=2021-10-14 |title=La Mesa actress brings her 'Baby' home for the San Diego International Film Festival |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2021/10/14/la-mesa-actress-brings-her-baby-home-for-the-san-diego-international-film-festival/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}} It co-stars actor T.J. Linnard, with director and co-writer Brooke Trantor, producer and assistant director Danielle Argyros, executive producer Arden Grier, director of photography Kara Johnson, and unit production manager Courtney Stewart.{{Cite web|url=https://womeninentertainment.org/past-support-her-projects-1/|title=Past Support Her Projects 1 |website= womeninentertainment.org| publisher= Women In Entertainment| date= | access-date= }} {{dead|date=March 2023}} The film showed at the San Diego International Film Festival in October 2021. Before that, it won the Best in Block audience award at the Blackbird Film Festival and the audience award for best short film at the Dances With Films festival. It was also nominated for best narrative short at the 2020 Florida Film Festival.

Chadwick received multiple reviews for her performance as Rebecca in the production of Part of the Plan (2017). Out & About Nashville described her portrayal as "a powerful performance" that was "sweet, but incredibly strong."{{cite web|url=https://www.outandaboutnashville.com/story/dripping-talent-tpacs-part-plan-delivers#.Wcy9oWKPKHI|title=Dripping in talent, TPAC's PART OF THE PLAN delivers|author=|date=22 September 2017|publisher=}} The Williamson Herald called the character of Rebecca "played brilliantly by Kate Morgan Chadwick,"{{cite web|url=http://www.williamsonherald.com/features/entertainment/article_1cc2e6f2-9906-11e7-8790-23eb2079ee18.html|title='Part of the Plan' brings the audience to its feet|first=Helen Meeley • For the Williamson|last=Herald|date=14 September 2017|publisher=}} while Broadway World Nashville described the performance as "played with unyielding grace and authenticity by Kate Morgan Chadwick."{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/nashville/article/BWW-Review-Fogelberg-Score-Soars-in-PART-OF-THE-PLAN-at-TPAC-20170911|title=BWW Review: Fogelberg Score Soars in PART OF THE PLAN at TPAC|first=Jeffrey|last=Ellis|date=|publisher=}}

The Los Angeles Times, in its review of Bed at the Echo Theater Company in Los Angeles, in which Chadwick played the character Holly, called her performance "fiery" and the actors "convincing."{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-bed-play-review-20160210-column.html|title=In 'Bed,' a tale of wounded love, the truth of the acting is a lure|first=Charles|last=McNulty|date=9 February 2016|publisher=|via=LA Times}} LA Weekly wrote, "Chadwick’s conclusive and full-blooded portrayal of a character that comes off as sort of a charismatic, riot grrrl–reoriented Courtney Love by way of Kathleen Hanna."{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/a-raunchy-rocker-and-her-hapless-husband-get-tripped-up-in-bed-6574371|title=A Raunchy Rocker and Her Hapless Husband Get Tripped Up in Bed|first=Bill|last=Raden|work=L.A. Weekly |date=9 February 2016|publisher=LA Weekly}} On State & Screen wrote, "Chadwick in particular has a magnetic stage presence."{{cite web|url=https://onstageandscreen.com/2016/02/08/theater-review-echo-theater-companys-bed/|title=Theater Review: Echo Theater Company's Bed|first=Erin|last=Conley|date=9 February 2016|publisher=}}ArtsBeatLA called her portrayal of Holly as "played brilliantly by Kate Morgan Chadwick."{{cite web|url=http://www.artsbeatla.com/2016/02/bed/|title=Bed – Echo Theatre Co – ArtsBeatLA|author=|date=13 February 2016|website=www.artsbeatla.com}}

Theater critic Stephen Fife, writing about the Stage Raw Awards event in May 2017, described Chadwick, who appeared on stage in casual attire to accept her award, as "alive to the comic possibilities of the moment."{{cite web|url=https://better-lemons.com/featured/2017-stage-raw-awards-smiling-sht-storm/|title=The 2017 STAGE RAW AWARDS: Smiling through the Sh*t-Storm - Better Lemons|author=Stephen Fife|date=17 May 2017|publisher=Better-Lemons.com}}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In a review of Bad Apples, LA Weekly wrote that Chadwick's role as Lindsay Skinner was "outstanding."{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/theater-to-see-in-la-this-week-including-japanese-war-brides-musical-tea-with-music-2372285|title=Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Japanese War Brides Musical Tea, With Music|first=Steven Leigh|last=Morris|date=29 November 2012|newspaper=LA Weekly}} Natalie Pace with Huffington Post, in its review ofBad Apples, wrote, "... I found myself close to tears in the third act, when Kate Morgan Chadwick sings, 'Nothing Sweeter Than Surrender'." LAist wrote that Chadwick's "comedic timing is sharp."{{cite web|url=http://laist.com/2012/10/19/circle_xs_bad_apples_is_audacious_e.php|title=Circle X's 'Bad Apples' Is Audacious, Exciting Theatre|author=|date=|website=laist.com|access-date=2017-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105183111/http://laist.com/2012/10/19/circle_xs_bad_apples_is_audacious_e.php|archive-date=2017-11-05|url-status=dead}}

In 2021, The Music City Drive-In reviewed Oh, Baby!, describing Chadwick's role as "a multi-facet performance that is downright perfect."{{Cite web|url=https://musiccitydrivein.com/2021/10/28/oh-baby-short-film-review/|title=Oh Baby! Short Film Review|publisher=The Music City Drive-In|date=October 28, 2021}} Reel News Daily wrote that "Trantor and Chadwick easily capture the humor and anxiety that come along with dating, in general. Heightening that concept with impending childbirth gives Oh, Baby! a modern twist."{{Cite web|url=https://reelnewsdaily.com/tag/kate-morgan-chadwick/|title=Kate Morgan Chadwick|first=Liz|last=Whittemore|website=Reel News Daily|date=3 September 2021 }}

• Oh, Baby!, a short film co-produced by and starring Chadwick, won Best in Block audience award at the Blackbird Film Festival.
• Oh, Baby! won Audience Award for Best Short Film at Dances With Films festival.
• Named First Night's Top Ten Outstanding Actresses in a Musical for 2018 of the best in Tennessee theater for her performance in Part of the Plan.{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/nashville/article/First-Nights-Top-Ten-for-2018-Announced-in-Nashville-20171229|title=First Night's Top Ten for 2018 Announced in Nashville|first=Jeffrey|last=Ellis|date=|publisher=}}
• Placed 2nd at the 2017 Broadway World Nashville Regional Awards for Best Actress in a Musical for Part of the Plan while the play itself placed first for Best New Work.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/nashville/article/Vote-For-the-2017-BroadwayWorld-Nashville-Awards-PART-OF-THE-PLAN-Leads-Best-New-Work-20171208|title=Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Nashville Awards; PART OF THE PLAN Leads Best New Work!|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com}}
• Named "Leading Female Performance" at Stage Raw awards ceremony on May 15, 2017, at the Los Angeles Theatre Center for her work in The Echo Theater Company's production of Bed by Sheila Callaghan.
• Winner of the 2002 National Youth Arts Award as Miss Adelaide in San Diego Junior Theatre's Guys and Dolls production.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalyouththeatre.com/|title=National Youth Arts - ArtsDig - Resource for youth arts|author=|date=|website=www.nationalyouththeatre.com}}

• Oh, Baby! nominated for best narrative short at the 2020 Florida Film Festival.
• Nominated for a Gregory Award in 2017 for her theater role as Lindsay Skinner in Bad Apples.{{Cite web|url=http://nominate.gregoryawards.org/2017/comments/nominators|title=2017 Nominator Comments|website=The Gregory Awards - Nominations|access-date=2019-11-19|archive-date=2019-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127060449/http://nominate.gregoryawards.org/2017/comments/nominators|url-status=dead}}
• Nominated for 2016 Ovation Award's "Lead Actress in a Play" for her role in Bed.{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-ovation-awards-nominations-20161102-story.html|title='Endgame' and 'The Boy from Oz' lead in 2016 Ovation Award nominations|first1=Dave|last1=Lewis|first2=Tracy|last2=Brown|date=3 November 2016|publisher=|via=LA Times}}
• Also for Bed, nominated for "Best Lead Performance" from the 2016 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle.{{cite web|url=http://ladramacriticscircle.com/2016-ladcc-awards-nominees-and-information/|title=2016 LADCC AWARDS – NOMINEES AND INFORMATION :: LA Drama Critics Circle|author=|date=|website=ladramacriticscircle.com|access-date=2017-05-22|archive-date=2017-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415184844/http://ladramacriticscircle.com/2016-ladcc-awards-nominees-and-information/|url-status=dead}}
• 2016 Gypsy Rose Lee Award nomination in the category "Excellence in Performance in a Musical as a Lead Actor (Female)" for her performance in Bad Apples.{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/seattle/article/2016-Gypsy-Rose-Lee-Awards-Winners-Announced-20170127|title=2016 Gypsy Rose Lee Awards Winners Announced!|author=BWW News Desk|date=|website=broadwayworld.com}}
• Nominated in 2013 for L.A. Weekly Theater Award's "Female Musical Performance" for her role in Bad Apples.{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/la-weekly-theater-awards-2013-the-winners-4179502|title=L.A. Weekly Theater Awards 2013: The Winners|first=Zachary|last=Pincus-Roth|date=8 April 2013|website=laweekly.com}}
• Nominated for 2013 Ovation Award for "Lead Actress in a Musical" for her role as Lindsay Skinner in Bad Apples.{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-ovation-awards-nominations-20130916-story.html|title=Center Theatre Group leads 2012-2013 Ovation Awards nominations|author=Jamie Wetherbe|date=16 September 2013|publisher=|via=LA Times}}

In 2013, Chadwick married Clayton Apgar, an actor who now works in career recruitment.{{Cite book |last1=Clark |first1=Billy|last2=Apgar |first2=Clayton |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mp5zgEACAAJ|title=The Little Book to Land Your Dream Job|publisher=Little Book Productions, LLC|date=June 22, 2021|isbn=9781737259008 |via=Google Books}} The couple moved from Los Angeles to Chadwick's hometown of La Mesa in 2021 with their son Cal. {{cite web |last=Nordstrom|first=Leigh |url=https://wwd.com/eye/lifestyle/the-little-book-to-land-dream-job-billy-clark-clayton-apgar-1234892628/|title=The Duo Who Help the Fashion Industry Land Dream Jobs|work=Women's Wear Daily|date=4 August 2021 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/clayton-kates-stylish-abode-house-tour-186736#_|title=Clayton & Kate's Stylish Abode|work=Apartment Therapy |date=August 4, 2021}} She is the granddaughter of Margaret Lee Chadwick and Cmdr. Joseph Chadwick, founders of Chadwick School on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County.

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