Besides her roles in television and film, Willa Fitzgerald started on the call sheets of plays like Couple in the Kitchen, The Private Sector, Cow Play, and The Cat and the Canary. In college, she did a lot of playwriting and is open to directing tv and film just as she did theatre. Speaking to Wonderland, Willa said, "I certainly didn't go to school to learn how to be a film or TV actor, so, therefore, transitioning from theatre I really had to learn on the job, and it's the most trial by fire to learn anything, but also the most direct way to learn anything."