Kim Katzberg is a New York City-based NYIT Award winning writer and performer who has been creating genre-bending, darkly comedic multimedia theatrical works since 2010. Katzberg’s breakout solo show Penetrating the Space at HERE, was the life-changing endeavor that gave her a place within the theater world. The New York Times wrote, “Penetrating the Space has a glowing, vulnerable, haunting center.” Katzberg has performed original work at The Bushwick Starr, Ars Nova, BAX, The Brick Theater, La MaMa, Wild Project and Dixon Place. Strays won the 2016 NYIT Award for “Outstanding Original Short Script.” Strays is published in The Best American Short Plays, 2015-2016. Dad in a Box won the 2019 NYIT Award for “Outstanding Solo Performance.” Like Going to a Hardware Store for Bread, the film in which Katzberg stars and co-wrote, premiered at New York Shorts International Film Festival 2023. The film won “Best Short Comedy” of City of Angels Women's Film Festival 2023 and premiered internationally at the London Independent Film Festival 2024. Katzberg was accepted to Yaddo (waitlist) 2023-2024. Recently she performed an excerpt of her brand-new solo work at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre NY. Katzberg’s TV pilot, Seahorse and the Performance Wolf, advanced to the Quarterfinalist round in the 2024 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest. Upcoming, Katzberg has a Project Week Residency at Mercury Store May 12 - May 16, 2025. She received a BFA in Acting from The Experimental Theatre Wing at NYU and an MFA in Acting from Columbia University.