Caitlin Lushington is a teacher, an artist, and a creative resiliency coach gathering wisdom on how to cultivate a professional, creative life that is fulfilling and joyful. Her work resists and unravels dominant cultural narratives perpetuated by systems of supremacy. Caitlin has performed and directed throughout the West Coast, including with the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the Ashland New Plays Festival, San Francisco Fringe, Third Rail’s Mentorship Company, Anonymous Theatre, and Speculative Drama. In 2015 she co-founded Enso Theatre Ensemble, where she devised new approaches to making and teaching theatre founded in mindfulness principles and practices. With Enso she was nominated Best Director for The Romeo & Juliet Project by Broadway World, produced, directed and performed in numerous shows, and developed a one-of-a-kind mentorship program for early career directors.
Caitlin coaches actors and arts educators and offers workshops in creative resiliency & burnout. She draws on her extensive exposure to diverse acting techniques to serve the unique needs of the actor she’s working with. Caitlin holds a B.A. with honors in acting and directing from the University of California, Irvine, and an M.F.A. in Actor Training & Coaching from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She also brings to her work her 14+ years mindfulness practice, including a 6-month yoga teacher training, as well as ongoing training in diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice. Outside the theatre, Caitlin is an avid lover of table-top role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons, tea drinking, ritual, and history, and enjoys long walks through the forests of the Pacific Northwest. She is delighted to be part of the team at Resound NW, and to be gradually bringing her voice outside the safety of her car jams and back into public spaces. She is loved and supported by her long-time partner and their feisty kitty, Bean.
