Catie is a New York City based director of contemporary musical theater. She creates deeply empathetic, surprisingly human, and uniquely theatrical stories.
Catie has worked in theaters across NYC and around the world. Recent directing includes: The Ghost of John McCain (Off Broadway), Forget Me Not (Riverside Theatre), Indigo (World Premiere - Human Race Theatre Company), and The Magnificent Seven (World Premiere - Flint Rep). She associate directed Beetlejuice (Broadway, Australia, National Tour), Moulin Rouge (Broadway), Company (Broadway, 2020), Baby J (Netflix), Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall (Netflix), and has worked at The Public Theater, Roundabout Theatre Company,and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. She is a 2018 Manhattan Theatre Club Directing Fellow, a Lincoln Center Directors Lab alum, and a proud member of SDC.
She is drawn to the theater for the singularity of live performance; that magical moment when we go from being a bunch of strangers in a room to one audience.
The majority of Catie’s work is directing and developing new contemporary musicals. She believes music is a universal language that can make theater more accessible, and is interested in bridging the gap between pop culture and theater. Catie has developed musicals with writing teams James Sasser & Vince Burwell; Kate Thomas & Joey Contreras; and Eli Kaplan-Wildmann, Yonatan Cnaan & Andrew Zachary Cohen, among others. She actively seeks out new collaborations and opportunities to use theater to bring communities together into a world of empathy and imagination. Head to the “News” page to hear about her latest endeavor.
The calm before the storm in the Marquis Theatre. Can you spot me prepping for rehearsal?