KATIE BROWN (she/her) is a director, producer, and theatermaker based in New York City.
She is a recent Pace University graduate with a BA in directing in the International Performance Ensemble program. Her passions include directing, producing, devising, and theater education. She is dedicated to stories that engage empathy, hope, and the goal to connect.
She is dedicated to building and cultivating communities through the performing arts. Katie strives for theater that creates space for everyone, particularly for people of color and communities who have historically been pushed to the margins. She is invigorated by this generation of artists and the power we have to make change in the artistic setting and beyond.
She strives to create space for connection, conversation, and transformation in her directing practices. Katie seeks out stories that anyone can relate to, no matter their background. Theater is a form of communication that brings us together. She wanst audiences to walk away from her work, having resonated with something familiar to them and something new.
Katie loves devising work and collaborating with others to tell a story. She enjoys work that can flip the script and alter the "traditional" theatrical experience. Music has always been a big part of her life from listening to the Talking Heads in the back of her mom’s Volvo at the age of four to singing in the high school choir, so she enjoys incorporating musicality and rhythm into her work.
She has previously worked at the Lincoln Center, Broadway Green Alliance, Jujamcyn Theaters, and Barrington Stage Company.
RECENTLY:
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Katie served as the Assistant Stage Manager and Producing Assistant on a new work commission, MVP at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
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She produced a new work, Be My Baby at the Players Theatre as a fundraiser for the New York Abortion Access Fund
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She sound designed, Dead Air at the Connelly Theatre: part of the SHENYC Festival
CURRENTLY:
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Katie is one of the seven fellows in the 24-25 Producing Cohort at PlayGround NY, training in producing new plays and theater
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She is wrapping up her year-long internship at the Lincoln Center, having worked both in the DEI and Programming departments throughout the year.
UPCOMING:
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Katie will be working as the literary trainee at Manhattan Theatre Club for the 24-25 season.
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She will serve as an on-call assistant company manager at the Lincoln Center for the year.
