Kitty Felde is an award-winning playwright, podcaster, and veteran public radio journalist. Her first novel,
Welcome to Washington, Fina Mendoza, published in 2019, is a middle-grade mystery set on Capitol Hill. The podcast version THE FINA MENDOZA MYSTERIES premiered in October. Her newest play,
Queen of the Water Lilies, is a Larry Neal Award finalist. A public reading was staged at Kenilworth National Park & Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC. Kitty worked with Arena Stage dramaturg Jocelyn Clarke on her LA Riots drama
Western & 96th, with readings at Spooky Action Theater, Theater Alliance, and the Kennedy Center's Page to Stage Festival. It's a semi-finalist for the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. Her musical
Bum's Rush tells the tale of how Los Angeles nearly said "no" to the Dodgers. Kitty's one-woman-show-with-a-ghost play
Alice, an evening with the tart-tongued daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, was named "Critic's Pick" by
The Washington Post.
Quentin, Kitty's other Roosevelt play, performs every weekend near the White House. Kitty co-founded LA's Theatre of NOTE and led the playwriting program at the HOLA Youth Theatre. She is host and creator of the Book Club for Kids podcast.
