Kathryn Mesney

Professor

Advanced Acting, Directing Workshop, Internship, Senior Thesis Advisor

An actor, instructor, and voice and dialect coach for over 20 years, Kathryn has worked in most of Seattle’s major theaters, including Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT, Intiman, Empty Space, The Group and Seattle Children’s Theatre. Prior to teaching at Cornish, she taught in the BFA Actor’s Training Program at Ithaca College and at the KIIS Broadcasting Workshop in Los Angeles. Major roles in the theater have included: Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker, Clytemnestra and Thetis in The Greeks, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, Dull Gret/Angie in Top Girls, Miss Elena in Dear Miss Elena, Madame Giselle in The Workroom, and multiple roles in Sarajevo: Behind God’s Back, The Dining Room, and Wenceslaus Square. Her film and television credits include Seven Hours to Judgment, NBC’s Hot Pursuit, CBS’s The Lame Duck, and ABC’s Mystery Dance. During her 20-plus years at Cornish, she has directed You Can’t Take It with You, Mother Courage, Fen, E/R, Dark of the Moon and Pericles Unchained, among others. Kathryn received a BS from the State University College of New York at Brockport and her MA from the State University of New York at Binghamton, where she studied and taught with Arthur Lessac.