Catherine Weidner

Catherine Weidner is a teacher director and actor Recent professional credits include roles in Little Women Third and Other Desert Cities at the Hangar Theatre as well as directing Merry Wives of Windsor Othello As You Like It and Two Gentlemen of Verona for Theatre at Monmouth in Maine Other professional credits include directing an adaptation of Henry V for Austin Shakespeare Jane Austens Emma for Nebraska Repertory Theatre Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus and Merry Wives of Windsor for the Illinois Shakespeare Festival and Or at Caffeine Theatre in Chicago Prior to 2013 she worked at The Kennedy Center in A Streetcar Named Desire with Patricia Clarkson Amy Ryan and Noah Emmerich directed by TonyAwardwinner Garry Hynes at Center Stage in Baltimore in Blithe Spirit and Mary Stuart and at Arena Stage in Washington DC in The Heidi Chronicles directed by Tazewell Thompson She has worked at The Guthrie Theater Theatre de la Jeune Lune the La Jolla Playhouse and with Bread Puppet She holds a BFA in Acting from Ithaca College and an MFA in Directing from the University of Minnesota and has also trained at Complicite in London The Second City in Chicago and The Neighborhood Playhouse in New York For ten years she was the Program Director of The Shakespeare Theatre Companys Academy for Classical Acting at the George Washington University offering a oneyear MFA in Classical Acting From 2007 2013 she taught Classical Acting and Heightened Text at The Theatre School at DePaul University where she served as Head of BFA Acting For Ithaca College Theatre she has directed Caesar Twelfth Night Cabaret Company and As You Like It and taught Audition Techniques Acting I Freshmen Scene Study Sophomore Scene Study Sophomore Voice Speech Styles of Acting I The Greeks Shakespeare Introduction to Theatre Directing I and Special Topics Shakespeare Intensive She served at Chair of Theatre Arts from 20132021 and as the Interim Director of the Ithaca College London Center in 202122 She is a member of Equity SAGAFTRA and has been certified as a ConsentForward Artist by Intimacy Directors and Coordinators