Katharine Maness

(they/them)

 

LEAR: Edmund

MERRY WIVES: Doctor Caius/Nym

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Katharine is a trans non-binary, Jewish theatre artist based in NYC, originally from the unceded territories of the Abenaki and Mohican nations now known as Pawlet, VT. They are a graduate of The William Esper Studio’s Full Time Program, having studied with David Newer, Nancy Mayans, and the late Bill Esper in the studio’s invite-only alumni Shakespeare Intensive. Katharine was also a part of Red Bull Theater’s Shakespeare Intensive Master Class with Louisa Proske, Chukwudi Iwuji, and Peter Francis James. In September, they will star in Patricia Lynn's HYDE (or Girls Can Kill Goats) workshop production presented at the A.R.T./New York Theatres. Select SitW credits: Henry Bolingbroke in Richard II, Macbeth, Hamlet, Coriolanus (SitW | La MaMa), and Malvolio in Twelfth Night. NYC select theatre credits: At The Gallery by Maddie Dennis-Yates (NY Winterfest), Bachelorette by Leslye Headland (Just Arts Forum). Film: As You Like It (SitW/Prolovevisuals), Bleeding Fate (dir. Andreana Loukidis). As founder & producing artistic director of SitW, they are honored to be creating space in the Canon for trans and queer artists to tell our stories. Katharine is ever grateful for the unwavering support & love from friends and family along the way. Proud Member of Actors' Equity Association.

IG: @kmaness

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