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KATE BOWEN

K ate is just happy to be here. She’s come a long way from her shy take on the role of the month “November” in grade school. An avid theater fan, she lived out her high school musical dreams by splitting time between sports (scoring 42 points in a single basketball game) and performance (an enthusiastic supporting role in Oklahoma!). Kate had no idea that so many other lawyers were wanna-be performers. She’s still in awe of the immense talent and camaraderie of the Bar Show cast.

moving to Chicago, she studied improv at The Second City and iO Theater. Kate largely credits this robust education in earning her the coveted role of Associate General Counsel at Avant. Perh aps K ate’s g re ate st performance was the first dance at her wedding, co-starring a fellow Bar Show cast member turned husband. In fact, the two first met at their Bar Show audition. In Kate’s own words: “It’s the role

Kate Bowen

of a lifetime!” Kate is a proud double Illini, graduating from the University of Illinois with a B.S. and J.D. After

Sleepless wives Joyce Wixson, Ellen Duff, Sandy Andina, and Millicent Willis dream of catching some zzz’s.

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