WATCHING KATE WHORISKEY.(director)

KATE WHO RISKEY is coming soon to a theatre near you. And the first thing you're likely to notice when she arrives is her extremely youthful appearance. "People think I'm about 12," the 30-year-old director says with a nervous laugh. But make no mistake-Whoriskey has the scrappy resolve and unflappable self-confidence of a veteran director.

She's also rapidly building a veteran director's resume. This past season Whoriskey, just three years out of graduate school, has been working at some of the largest resident theatres in New York, Chicago, Seattle and San Diego. ...