Katharine Maness (they/them) is a queer, trans non-binary actor and producing artistic director based in NYC (and occasionally, the woods of Vermont).
Whether on stage or screen, they are passionate about making art that doesn't shy away from the vastness of humanity; that is gusty, vulnerable, joyful, pulsating, and honest.
Happiest in collaboration with imaginative, big hearted weirdos who are equally at home being absurd, silly clowns as they are cultivating serious ideas and work.
They have a special love for disrupting the Shakespearean canon with a fresh perspective on classical text & character that imagines possibility beyond the gender binary. Katharine is a graduate of The William Esper Studio's Full Time Program, having studied with David Newer, and with the late Bill Esper in the studio's invite-only alumni Shakespeare Intensive.
Member of Actor's Equity Association.
Coming Up: HYDE (Or Girls Can Kill Goats) Workshop Production, September 24-26th at The Mezzanine Theatre, A.R.T./New York Theatres.
Press: "Katharine Maness’s Edmund is a study in abjection, a term that literally has to do with being “cast out” Edmund’s being illegitimate makes them impossible in this society, their existence is an unresolvable conflict — here, he embodies the violence and friction of this. He refuses to let it be his problem any longer. He is incandescent, and it’s both shocking and fun to watch." - Radiant, Verdant, Mad: LEAR in the Woods by Maddie Dennis-Yates
Current, and ongoing, obsessions include:
Like every other person: WIDOW'S BAY
This VANYA interview between Cole Escola & Andrew Scott
Amy Sherald's AMERICAN SUBLIME
GIOVANNI'S ROOM by James Baldwin
HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN FROM BELFAST
