Katharine Parish

Katharine "Kathy" Anne Parish is an American actor, director, writer, and comedian. She is the creator and show runner of Center Stage.

Early Life and Education
Parish was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on November 19, 1976. She showed an early aptitude for writing and performing. As an only child, Parish spent a great deal of time putting on shows in her bedroom and writing short stories. Parish attended Union High School in Tulsa, graduating in 1994. She then enrolled at the University of Oklahoma, where she studied drama and film. After graduating with a BFA in Drama in 1998, she set her sights on California and enrolled in the UCLA's graduate playwriting program. It was at UCLA that she met friend and collaborator Michelle Carson, who was a graduate acting student at the time. Carson performed in one of Parish's works that was produced at UCLA. According to Carson, before the performance Parish leaned over to her and said "You don't mind saying 'fuck' a lot do you?". Carson replied "I'd prefer it." and the two became close friends. After graduating UCLA with an MFA in playwriting in 2000, Parish moved to Los Angeles.