Katherine Nelson

Katherine has been stage managing with Detroit Public Theatre since its inaugural season, with highlights including the coproduction of Detroit ’67 with Baltimore Center Stage and the world premiere of Birthday Candles. They have also stage managed with the Wharton Center for the Performing Arts and Chautauqua Theater Company. Additionally, Katherine is a costume designer. Recent Off-Broadway design at The New Victory Theatre (Riddle of the Trilobites). In addition to design credits with Detroit Public Theatre, regional designs include shows with Purple Rose Theatre Company, Flint Youth Theatre, Flint Repertory Theatre (Wilde Award nomination: Best Costume Design, Riddle of the Trilobites), Tipping Point Theatre, Williamston Theatre, and the Wharton Center. They are a graduate of the Purple Rose Theatre Company apprenticeship program. Katherine is a proud member and National Councilor of Actors’ Equity Association. www.knelsondesigns.com. 

Previous DPT Work

From Broadway to Obscurity — Season One
Detroit ‘67 — Season One
Murder Ballad — Season Two
Dot — Season Two
The Harassment of Iris Malloy — Season Two
No Child… — Season Three
Pike Street — Season Three
Birthday Candles — Season Three
Pipeline — Season Four
Cry It Out — Season Four
Girlfriend — Season Four
The Beauty Queen of Leenane — Season Four
Paradise Blue — Season Five
Temples of Lung and Air — Season Five
From Broadway to Obscurity — Season Six
No Child… — Season Six
Thurgood — Season Seven