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Katie Zaffrann is an actress, vocalist, teaching artist, wife, mother and lover of the outdoors.

Katie has performed for audiences of 4 to 4000, from Shakespeare & Company to National Sawdust, in New York City, San Francisco, and along the eastern seaboard from Maine to Florida. Regional theater credits include Delaware Theater Company, Shakespeare & Company, freeFall Theatre, the John W. Engeman Theater, Cape May Stage, Opera House Arts, Chenango River Theatre and more. She has originated roles in numerous world premiere plays and musicals and brought her unique self to classics like Portia in The Merchant of Venice and The Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol. She also wrote and curated her one-woman show Marry Me a Little: a cold feet cabaret, about the terror, bliss, panic and joy of getting married, called “an enchanting delight” by BroadwayWorld.

In 2021 she was a recipient of the NYC City Artist Corps grant program, presenting a concert of American art song to audiences throughout the city.

She starred in, and executive produced, the award-winning musical short film NAKED, a whimsical romp about living life to the fullest based on Mike Pettry's song “Without a Stitch On.” NAKED played at film festivals worldwide and is now streaming on IndieFlix. For more information, visit http://nakedmoviemusical.com.

Katie was the Founding President and an original member of the award-winning professional chamber choir Choral Chameleon.

She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Syracuse University, where she was the recipient of the Edward Greer Award for Classic Acting. She studies voice in New York City with the genius Ruth Williams Hennessy, acting at John Strasberg Studios and has also trained classically at Shakespeare & Co. and at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, England. She is Reiki Level II Usui certified and is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association.