As an educator, she received the Denise M. Trauth Outstanding Leadership Award ('23) and the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching ('16) from Texas State University, and the Tony Award nomination for Excellence in Teaching ('23). She was also recognized by Broadway Dreams Foundation as an innovative voice in education, and one of the 6 top women educators in the performing arts.
Kaitlin Hopkins is a great teacher precisely because she is also a great artist. Her abilities to communicate — whether as an actor, teacher or mentor — are unsurpassed.
~ Andrew Lippa, award-winning composer
She is in a word Stellar. Imagine bringing in a master teacher to work with your students that can speak on the craft of performing from every single angle? From student performers of both stage and screen, from Hollywood to New York Kaitlin will make you and your students feel like you have been given a fresh outlook on everything arts related. Her very specific education on mental health of young performers is something I have never experienced with any other educator.
~ Heather Biddle -Head Theatre Director JJ Pearce High School
