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9/24/24 - Thank you Rebecca J Michelson for these beautiful photos of the joy of opening GHOST OF JOHN McCAIN last night!
3/20/24 - We’ve been having a lot of fun exploring Tasha Gordon-Solmon and Faye Chiao’s FOUNTAIN OF YOU at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland these past few weeks. Photos by Tommy Ga-Ken Wan, featuring the creative team and students Martyna Wrobel, David Joseph Healy, Cate Brooks, Tyler Ramsey, and Emi Kitagawa.
10/26/23 - First NAMT was a blast! Loved collaborating with Tasha Gordon-Solmon and Faye Chiao on their musical FOUNTAIN OF YOU. Featuring Tatiana Wechsler, Allie Re, Sondrine Bontemps, Maya Days, Kate Rockwell, and Joel Perez. Photos by Ric Kallaher.
6/18/23 - So much fun getting this wonderful group of actors together to read the most recent Forget Me Not draft in anticipation of our upcoming production!
6/11/23 - Our first review for INDIGO has been published on Talkin’ Broadway - “The production at Human Race is directed by Catie Davis, who supplies organic blocking and realistic relationships. The transitions to and from the few scenes that take place outside the house are handled smoothly, and the tone of the piece is respectful to the material and themes.”
4/3/23 - Another great write up about THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN by Bridgette M. Redman: “With bold creative choices and skillful stage direction, Director Catie Davis evokes the energy and intensity of an Olympic gymnastics competition, deftly shifting the focus between characters. She finds the balance that the show needs to be effective and to keep it an ensemble piece…With its mixture of praise for the sport and its athletes and criticism of the abusive aspects, “The Magnificent Seven” can be seen as a nuanced work of cultural criticism. It celebrates the champions of the 1996 Olympics, but it never lets the audience forget the cost.”
2/28/23 - Love these photos that Flint Rep captured of design presentations at our first rehearsal for The Magnificent Seven!
2/28/23 - First day of rehearsal for the world premier of Julia Meinwald and Gordon Leary’s The Magnificent Seven at Flint Rep! And what an incredible company we’ve got.
2/26/23 - What an awesome weekend helping director extraordinaire Alex Timbers with the taping of John Mulaney’s new Netflix special. And extra special to do it alongside my husband and the show’s lighting designer, Jake DeGroot.
7/20/22 - So thrilled to celebrate my dear mentor, boss, and friend Alex Timbers as he was honored with a portrait at Sardi’s!
4/14/22 - Beetlejuice is hitting the road! Our North American tour will launch this December in San Francisco!
11/8/21 - Production photos from MISSED:CONNECTIONS at Manhattan School of Music are available to check out! Click HERE to view more. This original contemporary revue used the music of the last 10 years, everything from Broadway hits to up-and-coming new works, to celebrate the beautiful, awkward, funny, painful, and joyous act of coming together – in short, everything we’ve been missing.
1/14/21 - Press release on Broadwayworld: Manhattan School Of Music's Musical Theatre Program Announces Digital Premiere of LE COMTE NOIR.
1/13/21 - Check out the wonderfully smart writers of Le Comte Noir talking about why this show resonates in 2021, and tune in for the premier on January 16th at 7:30pm!
7/29/20 - New York Theatre Barn’s virtual New Works Series presented two songs this evening from Kate Thomas and Joey Contreras’s original musical FORGET ME NOT that I've had the pleasure directing over the past few years. “Underwater” is beautifully performed by Kerstin Anderson, Diana Huey, Amanda Lopez, Michael Williams, Jacob Yates, and Brian Russell Carey (MD extraordinaire who also edited this video!) Stay tuned for more info on this project soon!
5/20/20 - Ben Platt Live From Radio City is now available to stream on Netflix! It was a cool new experience working as Alex Timbers’ associate for the concert, and you may see a familiar face for a few seconds about halfway through the special…
4/26/20 - It was lovely to partner with Jelani Alladin for a day to bring his “Write Away Covid” reading series to life. Jelani selected the top five short plays written by high school and college students, and a bunch of wonderful Broadway actors joined us to briefly rehearse and then read the plays over Zoom. A lovely way to support the next generation of writers.
12/3/19 - Catie is excited to be directing a benefit reading of Anna Zeigler’s gorgeous play THE WANDERERS at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan. Click HERE for the press release with more info!
11/18/19 - Today was the industry reading of Angela Monteagle and Karen Jacobsen’s PERFECTLY IMPERFECT. Not only are Kathleen Kwan and MiG Ayesa fantastic actors, they captured these awesome rehearsal photos! Love having a record of our process. Click to scroll through.
11/13/19 - Thanks to Harold Levine for capturing rehearsal photos from SACRIFICES at Temple Em’anuel! What an honor to work with these amazing actors. Click to scroll through.
9/18/2020 - Beetlejuice is selling a new block of tickets into April, 2020! So proud of this show. Click HERE for details.
9/3/19 - Time to dive into rehearsals for WHERE’S CHARLEY? at Manhattan School of Music. Excited to bring Loesser & Abbott’s golden age comedy into the 21st century!
4/11/19 - Beetlejuice previews are in full swing at the Winter Garden! What a thrill to work in this gorgeous theater.
1/22/19 - Another day, another reading! Catie spent the past two weeks workshopping Laura Kleinbaum and Willem Oosthuysen’s latest musical, #MARS, with the musical theater students at NYFA. The work culminated in a public reading tonight! For the full press release, click HERE.
1/15/19 - We’re back in the studio developing Beetlejuice for Broadway. Get ready!
11/29/18 - Tonight is the first performance of EMPATH at Theaterlab, created and performed by David Sauvage. Catie directed a sold-out weekend of workshop presentations back in April, and is thrilled to be back. EMPATH follows David's winding path from self-proclaimed "typical Jewish cynic" to the discovery of his gift for experiencing the emotions of others. We journey through his depression, test the waters of the psychic realm, visit Burning Man, and go deep into the hidden parts of David's body and mind. Part play, part TED talk, featuring live intuitive readings, this show leaves audiences reflecting on their own gifts, and the empathy that connects us all. Click HERE for tickets.
11/18/18 - Happy closing to BEETLEJUICE in D.C. - we will continue to haunt this house on Broadway starting March 28!
10/15/18 - EMPATH will officially be returning to TheaterLab this November. “After a sold-out run this April, Theaterlab is delighted to bring back EMPATH, a one-man show about emotional superpowers by David Sauvage. The show follows its creator's winding path from self-proclaimed "typical Jewish cynic" through the discovery of his gift for experiencing the emotions of others, to genre-defying performance-artist-intuitive.” Check out the press release here.
10/15/18 - First preview of BEETLEJUICE at the National Theatre in D.C. Check out the exclusive first look photo of our “ghost with the most,” Mr. Alex Brightman, here: https://ew.com/theater/2018/10/15/beetlejuice-musical-first-look/
9/3/18 - We're one week away from Tara Halpern's cabaret debut, THE BOYS I LOVED IT CATHOLIC SCHOOL, directed by yours truly. Get tickets HERE!
8/26/18 - Rehearsals for Beetlejuice have begun, and casting is officially announced! Click HERE to check out the awesome group of actors who will be bringing the show to life in D.C. this fall.
8/8/18 - Catie has been accepted into the pool of MTC Directing Fellows for their 2018-2019 season!
8/6/18 - The 2018 Lincoln Center Director's Lab has begun. Catie will be spending the next three weeks working and learning with 67 directors from 31 countries (pictured below).
8/3/18 - Catie answered some questions for cool blog called Ask A Director; click here to read the interview!
4/19/18 - Catie has been selected as a participant of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab for 2018! She will be spending three intense weeks in August surrounded by a group of international directors, exploring the theme "things I have yet to do as a professional director." To read more about this awesome program, click here.
4/9/18 - Check out these photos from the concert presentation of Forget Me Not, a new musical by Kate Thomas and Joey Contreras, featuring Dan Rosales, Emily Kay Shrader, Michael Williams, Amanda Lopez, and Diana Huey. The concert was produced by The Dare Tactic, an awesome young company producing original works by underrepresented voices. Learn more at: https://www.thedaretactic.org/about.html
3/28/18 - BEETLEJUICE is announced! Catie has been working on this new musical as the associate director over the past year, and is excited to bring it to the National Theater in Washington, D.C. this fall! https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/theater/beetlejuice-musical-washington-broadway.html
3/12/18 - Tickets are now on sale for EMPATH, an empathic experiment of a solo show written by and starring notable empath David Sauvage, running April 13-15 at TheaterLab. TICKETS - click here. PRESS RELEASE - click here.
2/20/18 - “I am not the goddess of Law, I am the goddess of Justice. I confuse them too often.” Thrilled to be directing MEDUSA, a new musical by Wes Braver and Rachel Dean this week. And look at this amazing cast we are so fortunate to get to develop it with! https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Up-and-Coming-MEDUSA-A-New-Musical-Announces-Strong-Cast-For-Reading-20180220
1/7/18 - Happy travels to the company members of Theatreworks USA's CHARLOTTE'S WEB, who hit the road tomorrow! The past two weeks rehearsing this beautiful story have been a blast, and Catie can't wait for young audiences around the country to experience it. For more info on performances and bookings, visit: http://www.theatreworksusa.org/show_detail.cfm?show=1040
11/29/17 - "New Musical FORGET ME NOT Slates Starry NYC Reading" - Excited to see this Broadway World announcement about the project I've been working on for the past few months. Can't wait to dive into Kate Thomas and Joey Contreras's work with this amazing cast!
9/7/17 - Check out this beautiful video capturing the experience of artsINSIDEOUT 2017! The entire N'kosi's Haven community, ranging in age from 2-62, came together to create a performance directed by Catie at the Market Theatre Jab.
7/23/17 - Catie has returned home to NYC from South Africa, where she directed 100 children and 25 mothers from Nkosi's Haven in a production centered around "noise." The show's theme covered daily sounds, noises inside one's head, political noise, musical noise, and much more as we gave voice to the children and mother's stories. It was performed for a packed house of 175 people at the Market Theatre Lab in Johannesburg.
6/9/17 - Catie is preparing to head to Johannesburg, South Africa with artsINSIDEOUT, and incredible organization that teaches theater and the arts at Nkosi's Haven. She will be directing a show created by over one hundred children, teens, and mothers affected by HIV/AIDS at the famous Market Theatre.
3/15/17 - JOAN OF ARC: INTO THE FIRE is officially open at the Public Theater! Catie was the associate director to Alex Timbers and has been working on the show since November 2015.
9/27/17 - The company of WE THE PEOPLE hits the road today, bringing boy band moves and political empowerment to schools around the country. This was Catie's directorial debut for Theatreworks USA and she had a blast! Bon voyage, founding fathers!
9/1/16 - Adonna is taking Joe's Pub by storm this evening! Check out a rehearsal sneak peak here: https://vimeo.com/178532631 and follow her on Insta: @adonnanyc for updates!
8/26/16 - GIRL VERSUS CORINTH is applauded by the Maxamoo Podcast. "I imagined how great this show would be at the GOP convention. Like, learn this." Listen to the full banter here: http://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/The-Maxamoo-Podcast-Reviews-the-2016-NY-International-Fringe-Festival-20160824
8/13/13 - "Medea's putting the pulse back in expulsion!" Catie's production of GIRL VERSUS CORINTH is opening as part of the New York International Fringe Festival. For tickets, visit www.girlversuscorinth.com. In the meantime, check out a sneak peek of the show below.