Catherine Zudak

Catherine Zudak is a writer, producer and storyteller in Southeast Michigan. In 2022, Theatre Nova read a new full-length, Nun’s at the End of the World(Four Catholic nuns stranded by a weather apocalypse struggle to keep faith) as part of the Michigan Playwrights Festival and Ann Arbor Civic Theatre produced, Sheriff's Warrant (a retelling of the Robin Hood legend from the Sheriff's point of view). In 2021 Nova produced Mortal Fools, a one-act, as their Zoom Play of the Month.  Zudak has produced an annual new play festival for Ann Arbor Civic Theatre for over ten years, as well as her own independent shows that explore social justice issues, including Broken (human trafficking), The Know Gun Show (gun violence), and Inside the Rainbow (LGBTQ). She has written and performed personal stories about suicide, gun violence and sexual harassment at regional events including Heaven Spot, HERSay, MOMS, Snapshots, and Story Night. She recently finished a new work, Telling (a teenage girl struggles to connect with her mentally ill mother) and is revising it in workshop with Fifth From the Left Playwrights. She is also revising Lion’s Share (A slave turned gladiator travels to Rome hoping to win his freedom), which Theatre Nova read as part of the Michigan Playwrights Festival in 2019.

Zudak has a Master’s in Public Policy from George Washington University and focused on homelessness prevention and education equality during her first career. She lives in Ann Arbor with a husband, two children and a dog.