Workshops/Directing
Photo: Yuval Segal
“Kathy’s process for approaching and working has helped me to make bolder choices by engaging my imagination and freeing my body and voice. She is mind-blowing!”
– Holly Davatz, Actor/Educator, New York/Milan
“This (Spolin workshop at Metodi Festival) gave me something I’ve never felt before: freedom, joy, no judgments and an incredible group spirit led by the great teacher and the great person you are. Thank you again.” – Nicholas Adobati, Actor, Rome, Italy
“Through working with Kathy I feel so much better equipped to tackle auditions, monologue presentation and all forms of acting. ” – Sheila Jones, Actor, Liverpool, England
2016
March 2016
Director
Story Theater: An Immigrant Journey
NHCC, Minneapolis, MN
www.nhcc.edu
January-
Professor
Department of Theatre and Film
NHCC, Minneapolis, MN
www.nhcc.edu
2015
January 2015
Director
Brave Little Tailor
Jersey City Children’s Theater, Jersey City, NJ
March 2015
Director
Proof
Holmdel Theatre, Holmdel, NJ
www.holmdeltheatrecompany.org
July 2015
Director
World Play
Jersey City Children’s Theater, Jersey City, NJ
August-December 2015
Professor
Department of Theatre and Film
NHCC, Minneapolis, MN
www.nhcc.edu
December 2015
Director
This Is How It Goes
NHCC, Minneapolis, MN
www.nhcc.edu
2014
January-May 2014
Guest Artist/Director
College of St. Benedict, St. John’s University
August 25-29, 2014
Spolin Technique Residency
KHIO (National Academy of the Arts)
Oslo, Norway
2013
May 2013
Guest Lecturer
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
August 24-28, 2013
Spolin Technique Residency
KHIO (National Academy of the Arts)
Oslo, Norway
October-November 2013
Director
Circle Mirror Transformation
Holmdel Theatre, Holmdel, NJ
www.holmdeltheatrecompany.org
2012
January 3-June 2, 2012
Assistant Director
Death of A Salesman
New York, NY (Broadway)
www.deathofasalesmanbroadway.com
July 3-11, 2012
Artcenicas, Rio De Janiero, Brazil
September 29-October 9, 2012
Metodi Festival, Tuscany, Italy
October 2012
Spolin Technique Residency
KHIO (National Academy of the Arts)
Oslo, Norway
2011
January 10-14, 2011
Artcenicas, Rio De Janiero, Brazil
January 29, 2011
Sarah Lawrence College
Spolin Theater Game Immersion
February 2011
Theatre Games Workshop for Teachers and Youth
Stages Theatre Company
Minneapolis, MN
April 8,9,10 2011
Spolin BLAST
Magnet Theater and Training Center
May 2011
Spolin Workshop for Teachers
St. Tammany Parish School District
New Orleans, LA
July 2011
Artcenicas, Rio De Janiero, Brazil
September 2011
Death of a Salesman 2012
Broadway
Rehearsal Workshop
ONGOING
North Hennepin Community College
Jersey City Children’s Theater
Kathy is currently a professor of theatre and film at North Hennepin Community College in Minneapolis, MN. She is also co-founder and serves as Artistic Advisor of Jersey City Children’s a company that focuses on community outreach through the techniques of Viola Spolin and Paul Sills.
Previous Workshops
2010
October – May 2010
Head of School
Acting Technique and Improvisation
January 4-8, 2010
Artcenicas, Rio De Janiero, Brazil
July 4-13, 2010
Artcenicas, Rio De Janiero, Brazil
October 1-10, 2010
Metodi Festival, Tuscany, Italy
November 5-7, 2010
Spolin BLAST
Magnet Theater and Training Center
2009
July 10-18, 2009
SPOLIN-IST, Istanbul, Turkey
September 14-18, 2009
Artcenicas, Rio De Janiero, Brazil
October 2-11, 2009
Metodi Festival, Tuscany, Italy
Kathy Hendrickson is an actor, educator and director, specializing in the theater games of Viola Spolin. In her nearly 20 years of teaching and as Vice President and Senior Faculty of the New Actors Workshop in New York City, she has taught hundreds of classes and workshop both in the United States and around the globe.