Katie Kaufmann
Last updated
January 30, 2020Biography
Katie is an actor/creator performing in the Twin Cities since 2001. She has worked with many companies including Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Guthrie Theater, Off-Leash Area, Walking Shadow, Theatre Forever, Red Eye, Skewed Visions, 20% Theatre, Theatre Pro Rata, Joking Envelope, Sandbox Theatre, Alan Berks, and Theatre Unbound. She also has wriiten and produced four original works. Katie studied physical theatre at Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre in Blue Lake, CA and has also studied with The National Theatre Conservatory, the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and The British American Drama Academy. She studied clown with Ronlin Foreman, Pierre Byland, Chris Bayes and Giovanni Fusetti. Katie holds a BA in Drama and Italian from Colorado College.
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REPRESENTATIVE
The Canopic Jar of my Sins - The Angel of Canopic Jars - Meg DiSciorio and Damon Runnals - Swandive Theatre
The Visit - Hofbauer - Wendy Knox - Frank Theatre
Hamlet - Gravedigger/PlayerQueen - Michael Kelley - Wayward Theatre
Keeper of the Light — Ida Lewis — Genevieve Bennett — Self-Produced
Goodbye Cruel World —Serafina — Andrew Chambers — Theatre Pro Rata
The Venetian Twins — Columbina — Jon Ferguson — Theatre Forever
The Little Pilot — Ensemble — Theo Langason — Sandbox Theatre
will you still love me, tomorrow — Narrator — Steve Busa — Red Eye Theater
Doll Collection — Doll — Jason Ballwebber — Four Humors Theater
Twelfth Night/What You Will — Maria — Terry Hempleman — Renegade Play Reading Co.
The Beast — Broyle — Ryan Underbakke — Bedlam Theatre
Muy Very Authentico — Beverly — Jon Ferguson — Theatre Forever
The Imaginary Invalid — Toinette — Rick Shiomi — Theatre in the Round
Compleat Female Stage Beauty — Meresvale/ Revels — John Heimbuch — Walking Shadow
Anna Bella Eema — Anna Bella Eema — Gennevieve Bennett — Theatre Unbound
Ringtone — Grace — Alan Berks — Alan Berks & Company
Quartermaine’s Terms — Anita — Matt Sciple — Theatre in the Round
The Million Dollar Museum — Vespuccia — Maren Ward — Bedlam Theatre
HBMD — Prospera — Ryan Hill — Sandbox Theatre
A Cupboard Full of Hate — Starlet — Paul Herwig, Jennifer Ilse — Off-Leash Area
Psst! — Foreman — Paul Herwig, Jennifer Ilse — Off-Leash Area
Medea — Nurse — Steven Epp — Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Description of the World — Massina — Robert Rosen — Theatre de la Jeune Lune
TRAINING
Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre, Blue Lake CA 2000-2001
BA Drama Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 1996-2000
Actors' Workout, Raye Birk 2016-2017
National Theatre Conservatory, Denver CO 2005
Pierre Byland, Locarno, Switzerland 2002
Shakespeare and Company, Minneapolis Workshop 2002 & 2003
Clown Workshops with Chris Bayes 2002 & 2012
Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski, Pontedera, Italy 2000
BADA, London, England 1999
CAP 21 Musical Theatre, New York, NY 1997
AWARDS
Best solo performance, Lavender 2007
Best solo performance, City Pages 2007
