KASEY FOSTER


Artistic Director

On Staff Since 2024


Ensemble Member

Since 2017

Kasey Foster (she/her) is a performer, producer, creator, director, singer, choreographer, puppeteer, and Mom. She is an Ensemble Member at Lookingglass Theatre, where she also serves as a member of the current Artistic Leadership Team. Her most recent acting credits are: Mesmerized (Chicago Children’s Theatre), The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (Goodman, STC, and The Old Globe), Steadfast Tin Soldier (Lookingglass), and Mr. Dickens Hat (Northlight). Other Lookingglass productions include The Little Prince, Moby Dick, Treasure Island, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas. Some television creds: “Chicago Med” and IFC’s “Documentary Now!” Foster sings with bands Babelon 5, Nasty Buoy, Old Timey, and This Must Be the Band. She has created and directed over 50 original works in Chicago. Foster also works as the Events Manager at Actors Gymnasium, a place where people at any age can learn to fly. Her 6yo daughter is the coolest. Website: kaseyfoster.com, IG @kaseyfosteriscool, YouTube and FB Kasey Foster.

Bio as of 2023

Foster, who is both the only woman in this show and the actor who turns in the most complex performance, shows us a rich picture of what it was like to be a widow in a world…

Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

Artist Media

Credits And Awards

Theatre Credits

Chicago

  • Goodman
  • Northlight
  • Blair Thomas & Co.
  • Chicago Children’s Theatre
  • Collaboraction
  • Dog n’ Pony
  • Redmoon Theater
  • Theater Wit
  • Trap Door Theatre

Regional

  • Arena Stage
  • Alliance Theatre
  • South Coast Repertory
  • Berkeley Repertory Theatre
  • STC
  • The Old Globe Under

Film Credits

  • Documentary Now!
  • Chicago Med
  • Sci Fi Sol
  • The Puzzle

Education

B.A. in Theatre and Dance, Purdue University