Meet the Team
Maddie Rostami
writing specialist
Maddie Rostami (she/they) is an educator, writer, and dramaturg with a passion for storytelling. This is her seventh season with composed; Maddie has helped over 100 composed students tell their own stories in imaginative, personal ways through the college essay process.
Beyond composed, Maddie is the Education Lead for 3Views on Theater, a theater criticism publication. As a dramaturg for new plays, she has collaborated with theaters around the country.
Maddie graduated with honors from Northwestern University, where she studied theatre and cognitive science.
Contact: maddie@
essayscomposed.com
Christine Trychin
writing specialist
Christine Trychin is an educator with 15 years' experience teaching writing, literature, and art history. This is her sixth season with composed. Before composed, Christine taught academic writing to undergrads at UC Berkeley. Outside the classroom, Christine has taught whitewater kayaking, rock climbing, and windsurfing. She is also a passionate ceramicist.
Christine graduated magna cum laude from the College of William and Mary. She received an MA from UC Berkeley in Slavic Languages and Literatures and a PhD from UC Berkeley in Art History.
Contact: christine@
essayscomposed.com
kate kilbane
owner, writing specialist
Kate Kilbane is an educator, composer, and playwright with twenty years’ experience teaching writing, music and theater. In her fourteen years with composed, she has worked with over eight hundred students on their college application essays. Helping students find their unique voices and empowering them to tell their own stories is one of her great passions in life.
Beyond composed, Kate and her husband have a storytelling band called The Kilbanes. They write music for theater, and their work has been produced throughout the United States.
Kate received a full academic (Jefferson) scholarship to the University of Virginia and graduated magna cum laude with a BA in English. She also holds an MA in Performance Studies from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Contact: kate@essayscomposed.com