Kerrigan first gained recognition for her acting when she won the Houston area UIL Best Actress Award for her role as Elizabeth in Carnegie Vanguard HS’s state-recognized production of When the Rain Stops Falling. Since coming to the Dartmouth College, she has held lead roles in productions of 1984 (Julia) and Circle Mirror Transformation (Lauren) and in two Dartmouth student-written shows, the musical First Year and a Shakespeare adaptation Away This Night (Rosalind). Her professional credits include Matilda The Musical and Oslo at Northern Stage. Her directing credits include Assistant Director to Martha Banta for Mention My Beauty, performed as part of the New York Theatre Workshop Dartmouth Residency, and Assistant Director to Daniela Varon for the Neukom Prize Winner Choices People Make. Her stage management credits include Urinetown (Dartmouth Theatre) and Happy Days (Dartmouth Student Production). In addition to theatre production, Kerrigan has also interned at Women's Project Theatre, the oldest and largest theatre dedicated to producing work by female and trans writers and directors