Katie is a New York-based director and arts educator.
Raised in a family of teachers, Katie started making theater so she could blow stories up! Whether in elementary schools, conservatories, or on Broadway, her process centers playfulness, flexibility and listening; it seeks to enlarge tiny moments and hold multiple truths that get overlooked on the page or in the world.
Born with recurrent autonomic nerve tumors, Katie is experienced at leading processes that meet collaborators’ individual access needs. She believes equity in the profession starts with inclusivity in the classroom.
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Katie holds a B.A. in theater studies from Columbia University and an M.F.A. in directing from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale School, where she received the Mary Jean Parson scholarship for women directors. She currently heads the B.F.A. Acting Program at Syracuse University. Recently, her work for young audiences was featured in the New York Pops Up! Festival, and she associate-directed the Outer Critics Circle Award-nominated Broadway premiere of Birthday Candles. In 2023-24, she will direct Alison Gregory’s new Red Riding Hood for Syracuse Stage and The Liar for Texas State University.
Katie divides her time between Astoria and Syracuse with her husband, actor Blake Segal, and their rescue hounds/vocalists, Henry and June.