Caitlin (she/her) is an actor, director, and producer who lives in NYC.

Caitlin makes experimental performance that is highly physical, collaborative, and poetic. Her practice is rooted in joy, embodied research, and (com)post-activism*. She is committed to telling stories by/about/with women, the peoples and places from which she originates, and the more-than-human. Her family calls Syria, Lebanon, Ireland, and the US home.

Performance includes NY Times Critic's Pick The Vagrant Trilogy at The Public Theater, the world premiere of Paradise at Central Square Theatre for which she received the 2018 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actress, Ferry Tales at The John F. Kennedy Center, and NY Times Critic’s Pick Pay No Attention to the Girl with Target Margin Theater. Caitlin is a Grist 50 List Fixer, a Social Impact Partner at The Kennedy Center, and the recipient of a National Performance Network Development and Creation Fund Award.

Caitlin serves as Co-Artistic Director of LubDub Theatre Co. and is the Artist-in-Residence at The Earth Commons—Georgetown University’s Institute for the Environment and Sustainability. She is a proud member of The Actors Center.

Caitlin is an alumna of the AMIDEAST Language and Culture Fellowship, the Lab for Global Performance and Politics Fellowship, Edinburgh Institute for International Cultural Affairs Global Cultural Fellowship, the Orchard Project Greenhouse, the Kitchen Sink Residency at Theatre Row/Building for the Arts, East 15, and Georgetown University.

*inspired by Bayo Akomolafe after Donna Haraway

 

Youmein Festival 2019/Desire (Lotfi Swidin)

Caitlin Nasema Cassidy in Target Margin Theater’s Pay No Attention to the Girl. (Emon Hassan for the New York Times)