Katharina Schmidt

THEATER INTERNATIONAL: Ensemble The American Family [devised] (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), REGIONAL: Lusia A Shayna Maidel (Playhouse on Park) NEW YORK: Rachel Chinese Opera and a Modern Drama (Lenfest Center for the Arts), Woman of Corinth MEDEA (Lenfest Center for the Arts), Ms Gamboa Brian’s Poems (The Secret Theatre), Elsie ICE FRONT (The WorkShop Theater) BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY: Elizabeth Bennet Pride & Prejudice, Kitty Oppenheimer The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Miss Madeleine True LaChiusa's The Wild Party. FILM: Wendy/Gigi (Supporting), Beauty (Lead), The Color of Sunset (Lead), Those Who Leave, Those Who Stay (Supporting), Detective Chinatown II (Principal dancer).Theater Major. Katharina was born in München, Germany, and grew up in various parts of Germany, Hungary, Australia and the USA. She is bilingual in both German and English, and can learn lines in French and Yiddish, as well as currently studying Korean. She has a peculiar affinity for the theater of the Absurd and trained in devising by Andy Paris of the Tectonic Theatre Company, Shakespeare by Anjalee Deshpande-Hutchinson, and Commedia dell'Arte by Kali Quinn. Recently she attended Garden State Film Festival 2020 for her film Beauty (written and directed by Andrew Schwarz, Best LGBTQ Domestic Short Cutting Room International Film Festival). When not obsessing over a line's subtext, she enjoys working part time as her dogs' petting attendant and being at her cat's beck and call. Thank you to Leslie Weishaal for the opportunity to be a part of this work and Leodis IV Smith for writing this incredibly poignant piece.