Katy Early directs and develops new work with collaborators in New York, New England, and beyond.
She makes politically relevant, personally resonant theater that endeavors to shift our communities away from violence towards care.
Currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Directing and Acting at her alma mater, Oberlin College, she teaches the raddest young creatives.
Equally at home in theater, musical theater, and opera, her recent directing credits include: PIERROT, a reimagining after Arnold Schoenberg with soprano, quintet, and mime (City Lyric Opera and Catalyst New Music, 2024); Dance Nation (Brooklyn College, 2024); The Smallest Sound, in the Smallest Space, a new play with music by Bryce McClendon (The Why Collective at the cell theater, 2023); and a site-specific production of La Traviata, conducted by and created with Dan Ryan (MassOpera, 2021).
With a particular interest in how folk music can be blended with theater, she has trained with and observed several exciting, interdisciplinary theater collectives around the globe in recent years (Song of the Goat Theater and Teatr Zar at the Grotowski Institute in Poland, Pantheater at The Roy Heart Center in France, Yuyachkani in Peru, Emma Bonnici's Singing as Life Practice at Can Bonamic's Summer Voice Festival in Spain, the Actor-Musicianship Program at Rose Bruford College in England).
Katy's interest in directing for film and TV has led her to taking several film classes at the Feirstein School of Cinema at Brooklyn College. Her first short HER KIND was filmed in the fall of 2023, and she continues to make films with friends.
She holds bachelor's degrees in both theater and vocal performance from Oberlin College & Conservatory and a MFA in directing from Brooklyn College. Proud member of The Actors Center and Associate Member of the SDC.
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She makes politically relevant, personally resonant theater that endeavors to shift our communities away from violence towards care.
Currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Directing and Acting at her alma mater, Oberlin College, she teaches the raddest young creatives.
Equally at home in theater, musical theater, and opera, her recent directing credits include: PIERROT, a reimagining after Arnold Schoenberg with soprano, quintet, and mime (City Lyric Opera and Catalyst New Music, 2024); Dance Nation (Brooklyn College, 2024); The Smallest Sound, in the Smallest Space, a new play with music by Bryce McClendon (The Why Collective at the cell theater, 2023); and a site-specific production of La Traviata, conducted by and created with Dan Ryan (MassOpera, 2021).
With a particular interest in how folk music can be blended with theater, she has trained with and observed several exciting, interdisciplinary theater collectives around the globe in recent years (Song of the Goat Theater and Teatr Zar at the Grotowski Institute in Poland, Pantheater at The Roy Heart Center in France, Yuyachkani in Peru, Emma Bonnici's Singing as Life Practice at Can Bonamic's Summer Voice Festival in Spain, the Actor-Musicianship Program at Rose Bruford College in England).
Katy's interest in directing for film and TV has led her to taking several film classes at the Feirstein School of Cinema at Brooklyn College. Her first short HER KIND was filmed in the fall of 2023, and she continues to make films with friends.
She holds bachelor's degrees in both theater and vocal performance from Oberlin College & Conservatory and a MFA in directing from Brooklyn College. Proud member of The Actors Center and Associate Member of the SDC.
CV Available Upon Request