Raise The Rafters 2024 Staff
The weekend schedule will feature several workshops led by our staff, as well as open slots for camper led workshops and sings.
Kat Eggleston
Kat Eggleston is a writer, musician, actor, instrumentalist; an artist of great range who has elated and inspired audiences all over the world with her strong, clear voice, her masterful guitar technique, her research and interpretation of traditional music, and her powerful original songs. She has toured in Europe, Australia, and all over the U.S. as a solo artist, as a member of the Irish-based “David Munnelly Band,” and as a member of the Chicago-based Irish supergroup “bohola.”
As an actor, Kat has appeared onstage at Chicago’s Briar Street Theatre in “Woody Guthrie’s American Song,” the Steppenwolf Garage Space, Chicago Children’s Theatre and the historic Victory Gardens Theatre in the acclaimed “Snow Queen” along with its composer Michael Smith. Since moving back home to the Pacific Northwest, she’s worked extensively with Vashon Repertory Theatre, most recently writing and compiling music for “Kissing the Joy as it Flies; the Wit and Wisdom of Brian Doyle.”
Kat has many recordings, solo and in collaboration, including her award-winning solo album “Speak.” Her latest recording is a collection of the songs used in her first original play, “The Cyclone Line,” songs inspired by the Oklahoma dustbowl memories of her father. She now devotes her time to guitar and songwriting instruction and is working on the script for her third play.
Ken Schatz
Ken is a renowned acting coach and a powerful a cappella singer with a lifetime of experience in traditional music and an eclectic repertoire of sea songs and chanteys, gospel, blues, ballads, and work songs. His credits include performances and teaching workshops at major folk festivals, museums, clubs, and concert venues on both sides of the Atlantic, with many of America and Britain’s foremost interpreters of traditional song. He teaches Traditional/Folk/Roots Singing Styles and Performance Technique at Jalopy Theatre and School of Music in Brooklyn, and his monthly NYC pub singing session, Exceedingly Good Song Night, is a destination event.
2023 Staff:
Saro Lynch-Thomason
Janie Meneely & Rob van Sante
Cate Clifford
2022 Staff:
The Vox Hunters
Thrive Choir
Mary Garvey
