Kit Williamson

Kit Williamson began his career on Broadway, appearing in the Tony-nominated revival of Eric Bogosian's "Talk Radio" while he was still an undergraduate acting student at Fordham University. He has since branched out to film and television, and is currently pursuing his masters of fine arts in playwriting at UCLA.Kit was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi-- no, not on a farm, but thank you for asking. His junior year of high school he moved up to the frozen woods of northern Michigan to attend the theatre program at Interlochen Arts Academy, one of the nation's top arts boarding schools.Kit went on to attend college in New York City at Fordham University, Lincoln Center. While there he performed in many main stage shows including Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid, directed by Obie-award winner Matthew Maguire and Tony Kushner's Slavs!, directed by Obie-award winner Larry Sacharow.During his sophomore year of college Kit performed the role of Jacques Roux in an experimental production of Marat/Sade Off-Off Broadway and was signed by an agent that saw the production. That year he was cast in the Broadway revival of Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio, starring Liev Schreiber and directed by Tony-award winner Robert Falls. He played the role of Spike, a member of Barry Champlain's onstage crew, and understudied the role of Kent. The production was nominated for the Tony award for best revival. Kit had to write a lot of essays to make up for all the missed classes, but he somehow graduated from Fordham University the next year-- on the Dean's list! Since then he has performed on stages all over New York City, including the critically acclaimed U.S. premiere of Made in Poland with The Play Company at 59E59.Also an accomplished playwright, Kit has had his plays developed or produced by The Blank Theatre, Urban Stages, The National Arts Club, Fordham University, UCLA, The Cry Havoc Company and At Play Productions. His play, The Gin Dialogues, was the recipient of the National Arts Club's Playwrights First Award for 2009. Show less «