About Catherine Stewart
Catherine Stewart is a playwright, choreographer, and facilitator whose work blends performance, community practice, and systems-level inquiry. Her plays, participatory projects, and creative residencies explore how imagination can shape public life — illuminating questions of care, equity, ecological connection, and the complex systems we inhabit.
Across two decades of creative practice, she has collaborated with artists, educators, cultural institutions, foundations, and community organizations throughout the U.S. and internationally. Her approach is grounded in curiosity, embodiment, and collective insight, drawing from theatre-making, movement, facilitation, and research.
About the Studio
Make Create More is an interdisciplinary creative studio that brings artists, partners, and communities together to imagine what’s possible.
Our projects span performances, residencies, educational programs, long-term initiatives, and community-based processes that help people explore the systems shaping their lives — from healthcare to education, politics to technology.
Every project begins with a question:
How can theatre practice help us understand the world, and shape it more justly?
Our studio model allows us to build the right team for each project, grounded in collaboration, rigor, and a commitment to meaningful impact. Rooted in curiosity, collaboration, and care, we believe creativity is a public good — and that art-making can help us envision solutions to the challenges we face.
Our Approach
We strengthen the arts ecosystem from within — supporting artists, administrators, and cultural workers through creative practice, meaningful process, and values-led collaboration. By nurturing the people who shape culture, we build resilience, imagination, and capacity across the arts sector.
We transform society through creativity — bringing arts-based solutions, imaginative dialogue, and participatory practices into public life. Our work helps communities examine challenges, build connection, and envision new possibilities together.
Wondering where you fit?
Ready to deepen your creative life or return to it after a pause? Explore workshops, coaching, and creative tools that nurture imagination, confidence, and artistic momentum.
I'm An Artist
If your organization is working for the public good, we’d love to collaborate on creative residencies, strategic planning, or arts-based engagement that brings people together.
I'm A Community Leader
Looking to present bold, participatory work rooted in imagination and community connection? Learn more about our tour-ready performances and creative partnerships.
I'm a Presenter
How We Work
Our practice is guided by values that shape every aspect of our work:
Equity — building processes that honor lived experience and redistribute creative power
Accessibility — designing work that meets people where they are
Fair Labor — valuing artists as essential contributors
Creative Risk — embracing experimentation and possibility
Collective Care — fostering environments where people can think, feel, and create together
Imagination as Civic Power — believing creativity can influence systems and sustain communities
Learn more about our practices and the strategies you can employ too, in Behind the Scenes →
The Collective
Make Create More is powered by a growing collective of interdisciplinary artists working across theatre, movement, music, film, visual art, technology, and experimental practice. Our artists are freelancers with multifaceted creative lives, bringing cross-disciplinary insight and lived experience into the studio.
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