Actor & Fight Director

Peter
Katona

Peter is honored to return to the Geffen Playhouse after his recent work as Fight Director for Stage Kiss (directed by Bart DeLorenzo) and Barcelona (directed by Trip Cullman). Primarily an actor, Peter received his M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama. He has worked as a professional fight director since 2001 and was a long-time assistant to Rick Sordelet. He was substitute stage combat instructor at Yale Drama and Neighborhood Playhouse for four years and worked fights on numerous Broadway, Off Broadway and many major regional productions. Peter is a Fox Foundation Fellow: Ancient Italian Rapier Fencing (Italy), Peking Opera Sword Dancing/Acrobatics (China) and Ancient Spanish Rapier (NYC).