Katelyn Schiller (any pronouns)
Actor, Writer, Producer, Illustrator, 5 year Hollywood Fringe Veteran
Katelyn loves video games, Hayao Miyazaki movies, and Gordon Ramsay reality TV. Katelyn has a Bachelors in Theatre Performance from Central Washington University, specializing in devised works and Japanese Noh. Katelyn has been performing on the front lines of the LA immersive theatre scene, collaborating on hits like C(ovell), Drunken Devil, Cloak and Dagger, Grunge Shop Tavern, Sideshow, Safehouse ‘77, Safehouse ’82, The Pod, Tales by Candlelight: The Scent of Adventure, and Dragon Show. They are currently co-artistic director of the LA immersive entertainment company Spy Brunch.
Katelyn also performs as live virtual reality actor for the video game company, Tender Claws, the XR experience; The Under Presents, and performed the first solo version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest in VR, featured in “Theater’s Next Act? A Show That’s All in Your Head” by the New York Times. Katelyn’s solo show, Murder Blood Bear Story premiered in 2015 at the Hollywood Fringe, was nominated for “best solo show”, and went on to tour the New Orleans Solo Festival, Maui Fringe, and internationally to the Canadian Nanaimo Fringe; winning “best in festival” and “best performance”. In 2018 Lucid Dramatics’ production of Laertes Loves Hamlet Loves Ophelia took home the Hollywood Fringe Award for “Best in Ensemble Theatre”. Fringe 2019 The Pod was nominated for “Best in Immersive Theatre”.
It’s 2024 and Katelyn is BACK at the Hollywood Fringe this year, with a sequel to the show that started it all …
