About Us
Mischka Productions
Mischka Productions creates collaborative, physical theatre. We strive to create plays that are reactions to the human struggle and invite audiences to play, shed a tear, and cry out in guffaws. We are committed to producing new, innovative works that are artistically compelling and accessible. All ensemble members have input into the process and the product.
Katie Kaufmann Actor/Creator/Director/Producer
After studying physical theatre at Dell’Arte in Blue Lake, CA, Katie moved to Minneapolis in 2001 to work with Theatre de la Jeune Lune. She has performed and created work with many other theatre companies in the Twin Cities including, Guthrie Theater, Off-Leash Area, Skewed Visions, 20% Theatre, 3Sticks, Sandbox Theatre, Jon Ferguson, Alan Berks, and The Playwrights’ Center. Katie studied with The National Theatre Conservatory, Pierre Byland, Chris Bayes, Giovanni Fusetti, The Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and The British American Drama Academy. Katie is also a mask maker and has designed masks for Theatre de la Jeune Lune and the University of Minnesota Theatre Department.
David Harris Actor/Creator
David Harris has amazed and amused audiences with his physical comedy show. Using a variety of unconventional props such as hand trucks, sheets of paper, bicycle wheels, and buckets, David Harris blends acrobatics, comedy, and virtuosic object manipulation. He graduated from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks with a degree in English. David frequently performs in the Twin Cities at venues such as The Red Eye, The Southern Theater, The Ritz Theater, Bryant Lake Bowl and Patrick's Cabaret. He has performed at libraries, schools, fairs, corporate events, comedy clubs, variety shows, cabarets, and in dozens of theatrical productions. His shows include The Paper Mover, Delivery Guy, What I Want to Be When I Grow Up!, The David Harris Show and BOOKcrobatics.
Past Emsembele Members
Jason Bohon
Jon Ferguson
Kimberly Richardson
Sara Richardson
Marcus Quinones