Kathryn Cesarz is a theatre director, clown and performer. Her playwriting and co-devising earned awards at the Festival International de Teatro Universitario at UNAM in 2019, for being “Most Relevant to our Time” and for Scenographic Movement. She has had a blast collaborating in multiple ensembles including Quasimondo Milwaukee Physical Theatre, Cooperative Performance Milwaukee, Sleeper Theatre, and others. Fringe track record includes the Edinburgh Fringe, Milwaukee Fringe Festival, and FringeNYC. Aside from traditional theatre audiences, Kathryn has performed and staged productions for street shows and special events, outdoor in parks, for youth in gymnasiums, and for incarcerated students in state prison.
Kathryn’s independent creator/director projects include Heck (2024), The Unstrung Harp (2022), Le Lady Accordioniste (ongoing), Emily (2016), and Cloud of Gnats (2016). She was in the devising ensemble for CommedAI (2024), I Will Walk With My Song Torn Open (2022), and This Simply Can't be How It's Done (2021).
Kathryn has worked in the entertainment industry performing in private events, and modeling fashion in runway, commercials and print. She has worked as a teaching artist since 2009, teaching acting students of every age, and her favorite non-theatre job was digging up potatoes on a vegetable farm.