Kat Evasco

Storytelling Workshop Instructor
Photo By Claire Rice

Kat Evasco is an award-winning writer, stand up comedian, performance artist, and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was born in the Philippines and immigrated to Los Angeles where she was raised. Evasco recently became the Artistic Director of Guerrilla Rep, a theater company with the mission to break silence and end isolation by producing and developing works of theater based on real life.

She has performed at venues including the Haha Cafe, San Jose Improv, the Purple Onion, Napa Valley Opera House, Logan Center for the Arts, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, and FringeArts. Evasco is most well known for her autobiographical one-woman show, Mommy Queerest. This work chronicles the coming-out process of a lesbian daughter and a closeted lesbian mother, illustrating how the reclaiming of their sexuality challenges and strengthens their relationship. Mommy Queerest aims to celebrate sexuality, eradicate homophobia and break cycles of abuse. After a well-received workshop run at Bindlestiff Studio in 2011, Mommy Queerest premiered at The EXIT Theater in San Francisco in 2014 selling out an extended six week run. Mommy Queerest was last presented by The Theater Offensive in Boston in 2015 through the National Performance Network.

Evasco currently serves as the Chief Dream Director in San Francisco for The Future Project. Previously, she was the lead production manager for Youth Speaks and Brave New Voices and the Managing Director of Guerrilla Rep. She also served as the Board President and Development Director for Bindlestiff Studio, helping lead the opening of the first and only theater space in the country dedicated to cultivating Filipino artists. Evasco is a recipient of the Creative Capacity Fund Quick Grant, NextGen Art Professional Development Grant, and the Zellerbach Family Foundation Grant. She also received scholarships from the California Endowment and the James Irvine Foundation to train with MacArthur Fellow, Anna Deveare Smith at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Evasco holds a BA in Asian American Studies from San Francisco State University.

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Kat Evasco
The Future Project