Actress, Designer, Theatre Artist, and Educator
Acting Reel, 2023
Videos
William's Witches
Year of production: 2016
Running Time: 15:53
Color / Sound
Director: Joel Thompson
Featuring Tracy Huddleston (Anemone), Kathryn Hein (Zaphira), and Kelly Carlin (Jacinda)
A look at how the three witches from Shakespeare's "Macbeth" have fared in the modern world with love, sisterhood... and immortality.
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Not Alone
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Year of production: 2016
Running Time: 15:30
Color / Sound
Director: Drake Meed
Featuring: Kathryn Hein (Alex) and Tony Schafer (Jay)
After an apocalyptic catastrophe hits humanity, Alex finds herself wandering seemingly alone. However, when she comes across Jay, she has to decide if taking on the physical and emotional load of not being alone is worth it.
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Valentine's Day
Year of production: 2008
Running Time: 4:23
Color / Sound
Director: David Boyer
Featuring Kathryn Hein (Sue), Tracy Huddleston (Sue-T), Kevin McInerney (Herb), and Steve Bailey (Ted/T-Dog)
The winner of the Mid-America Screenplay Contest, this short takes a different look at the "traditional" silent film by offering an example of the old style in combination with a "modernized" retelling of the same story.
Marvel Zombies Arise
Year of production: 2013
Running Time: 3:55
Color / Sound
Director: Dustin McKenzie
Featuring: Kathryn Hein (Mary Jane Watson) and Steve Gamache (Spider-Man)
An independent fan film based on the Marvel Zombies comics, this short is based around the story of Peter Parker / Spiderman after he has been turned into a zombie, as per the original comics by Robert Kirkman and Fred Van Lente.
Commitment
Year of production: 2016
Running Time: 3:09
Color / Sound
Director: Michael Kourobetes and Matthew Kowalksi
Featuring William Wregglesworth (William) and Kathryn Hein (Kathryn)
Working together on a film set can be trying, but that tension is worse when you've just broken up with the actor playing your love interest on camera. Two actors have to learn to put aside their personal issues and focus on the job at hand.
Downfall Predicted (Reel)
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Year of production: 2018
Running Time: 0:48
Color / Sound
Director: Logan Dooley
Featuring: Lu Carter (himself) and Kathryn Hein (therapist/fortune teller)
Actor's reel from a rap music video. A man talks to his therapist about how he has set up his own life with the choices he's made in the past, and imagines she, too, can tell him his fortune.
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Silverbrook Cemetery Tour: Anna Eisner
Year of production: 2018
Running Time: 3:51
Color / Sound
Featuring Kathryn Hein
A look at the life and death of 18-year-old Anna Eisner, called the "witch of Silverbrook Cemetery." She was travelling to Germany to study when the ship she was on sank, killing her. Her body was returned to her hometown of Niles, Michigan where she is buried today.
Silverbrook Cemetery Tour: Dagmar Stegmann
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Year of production: 2019
Running Time: 5:37
Color / Sound
Featuring: Kathryn Hein
The story of Danish wing-walker Dagmar Stegmann who perished after a stunt went horribly wrong. She landed head-first in Barron Lake of Niles, Michigan. After being pulled from the water, she died at the nearby hospital. Her parents couldn't afford to bring her body across the ocean, instead requesting photos be sent and her body buried in Niles.
The Name of Action
Year of production: 2020
Running Time: 9:24
Color / Sound
Director: Brittany Gardner-Kennel
Featuring Shyanne Mitchell (Actor), Steve Freeto (Director), Bo Petersen (Co-Director), Alana De Sá (Technical Director), and Laura Simmons (Stage Manager)
Written by Kathryn Hein. Performed as part of a virtual 10-minute play competition during the pandemic, this piece was written, rehearsed, and filmed in three weeks, and utilized talent from the South Bend area. Set during tech week in a theater, one actor struggles to find a connection to a famous monologue.
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Year of production: 2020
Running Time: 8:07
Color / Sound
Director: Bo Petersen
Featuring Kimberlee Giles (Ruby), Kathryn Hein (Ida)
Performed as part of a virtual 10-minute play competition during the pandemic, this piece was written, rehearsed, and filmed in three weeks, and utilized talent from the South Bend area. The characters of Ruby and Ida sit in a church, discussing their self-doubts and self-perceptions, and try to plan for the future.
The Revenants (featured clips)
Year of production: 2019
Running Time: 15:32
Color / Sound
Director: David Prouty
Featuring Jay Southworth (Gary), Tara Schaefer (Karen), Kathryn Hein (Molly), and Curt Goodrich (Joe)
Snippets from the zombie drama "The Revenants," written by Scott T. Barsotti and performed at the Beckwith Theater. Molly and Joe turn into zombies at the top of the play. Karen is convinced that Joe still holds some of the humanity of her husband, but Gary is less sure about Molly.
ParaGenex (season 1, episode 10)
Year of release: 2019
Running Time: 5:45
Color / Sound
Director: Da'Rell Miller
Featuring Arianna Pettitt (Grace) and Kathryn Hein (Grace's Mom)
Grace and her mother is coming home from her grandparent's house when suddenly their car breaks down. Grace's mother gets out of the car to get help but a parasite enters her body and now Grace must survive.