How to be a Theatre Artist with Kathy Hsieh

“We want to feel like our life had impact on more people than just ourselves.” –Kathy Hsieh

How to be a Theatre Artist with Kathy Hsieh

Kathy Hsieh is an award-winning actor, writer and director, most recently seen in The Brothers Paranormal with Pork Filled Productions, Washer/Dryer with SIS Productions & Pratidhwani, Gambatte at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center in Portland, M. Butterfly at ArtsWest, The White Snake with ReAct and ASL Midsummer Night’s Dream with Sound Theatre. She received Footlight and Gypsy Awards for acting in Chinglish at ArtsWest and was nominated for an Ellie Award for the same role with CATS in Nevada City, and received the Gregory Award for Sustained Achievement in 2017. She has also worked with the Seattle Rep, Book-It, ACT, Intiman, Taproot, The 1448 Projects, Freehold, Living Voices and more. Her most recent project is a reading of Black Santa at Solo and Copious Love last December.

Hear from Kathy about:

·         Her extensive traveling in life

·         How immigrant parents influenced her love of drama

·         How being shy and introverted can work with theatre

·         What the Seattle theatre world is like

·         What a high school teacher told a woman of color about theatre (and how Kathy took that)

·         How she paid her way through college by acting

·         How she went from roles onstage to roles in life

·         What diversity and inclusion can do for theater

·         How she balances projects for herself versus projects that serve others

·         How she bought a house from her acting income

·         What it’s like being a funder for the arts

·         How she gets to influence diversity and inclusion with theatres and their audiences

·         Women and ageism in the arts and our society

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