Kate Glasheen loves her job. Even after catching the red eye home from on-site auditions in Chicago to teach her 9:30 a.m. class at Texas State, then fielding press interviews during lunch for her upcoming show — Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Thing” — before heading to Austin for that show’s rehearsals, she will tell you how fortunate she is to love everything that she does.
Glasheen, an associate professor and head of the acting department at Texas State, is at the forefront of a new movement in theater, one that embraces mental health and self care to help students prepare for working in the entertainment industry.
“It gives me a lot of purpose,” Glasheen said. “The business is hard no matter what. It’s changing, and there are many people trying to make the industry better. People are finally listening.”
