Kate Clarke is thrilled to be back for another year directing the Little Riddles program! Kate is a classically trained soprano and earned her Bachelor of Music from the Thornton School of Music at USC. After graduating, she developed a passion for teaching and spent the last seven years working teaching after school music and engineering programs, working as an assistant teacher at Oakwood Elementary School, as well as developing her own Dungeons and Dragons storytelling and voice studio businesses. Kate has been a performer all her life. Some of Kate’s favorite stage credits include: Anything Goes (Reno Sweeney), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Pirates of Penzance (Mabel), Hippolyte et Aricie (Cupid), The Miracle Worker (Annie Sullivan), Chocolate Cake (Annemarie), and The Foreigner (Betty).

Elisabeth Grossman is so excited to be assistant directing Matilda with Little Riddles this summer! Elisabeth developed a love for theatre growing up as a performer and fell even more in love with theatre while interning at a community theatre for children. Elisabeth received a Bachelor of Science in theatre arts management with an education minor from Ithaca College and has spent the last several years working as a teacher and an educational outreach manager.

Wyatt Larrabee (he/him) is an actor and educator in Los Angeles, CA. Growing up in Ontario CA, he began performing at 10 when he was cast in “The Music Man” as Winthrop at Candlelight Pavilion. Some of the Theaters Wyatt has worked at include: Musical Theatre West, 3D Theatricals, Performance Riverside, and Worldwide Theatricals. He is an alumni of the Orange County School of the Arts. Currently Wyatt is a senior at UCLA, where he will be graduating this month with his B.A. in Theatre with an emphasis in Musical Theatre as well as his minor in Education.