Kara Grimm-Denholm (she/her) is a St. Louis based theatrical designer. She relocated from Chicago to St. Louis after completing a lighting design internship at Steppenwolf Theatre. Kara is a founding member of Brickworks Theatre and Cats Cradle Theatre. She is also serves as a member of the board at Intersect Arts Center in St. Louis.

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

By Stephen Adly Guirgus

Cat’s Cradle Theatre, 2021
Directed by Kristin Schoenback
Costumes by Alison Nichols
Composition and Music by Nicholette Emanuelle
Stage Managed by Jo Champion
Photos by Nate Rolland
Ensemble: Larenzo Allen, Mike DePope, Ieshah Edwards, Brandon Ellis, Joseph Gardner, Hannah Geisz, Tim Gouran, Charles Heuvelman, Gregory D. Hicks, Sam Lyons, Carole Ann Miller, Molly Perling, Stephanie S. Stroud

“The production concept by director Kristin L. Schoenback and the scenic design by Kara Grimm-Denholm send a powerful message about the subject. The chancel of Jefferson Avenue Mission is monumentally cluttered. The disorder of this outpost of the afterlife suggests that our ideas about the afterlife are just as messy.”

Gerry Kowarsky, Two On the Aisle

“A well-made debut effort by Jefferson Avenue Mission and its collaborator, Cats Cradle Theatre.”

Mark Bretz, Ladue News