Katie Coleman

Music Director|Conductor|Pianist
Member, AFM
NYC and SF

Broadway and National Tours
SIX – Conductor, Keyboard, “Joan” – Boleyn Tour
ALADDIN – Keyboard 2 substitute – Broadway
HAMILTON – Keyboard 2, Rehearsal Pianist, Beats – And Peggy Company
FALSETTOS – Keyboard, Rehearsal Pianist – 1st National Tour
WICKED – Keyboard, Rehearsal Pianist – San Francisco Company
THE LION KING – Keyboard – Gazelle tour San Francisco stop
ELF ON THE SHELF – Rehearsal Pianist – 1st and 2nd National Tour

Regional
COMING SOON – Music Supervisor/Pianist/Orchestrator, dir. Rachel Dart, prod. Ken Savage
MARY POPPINS – Music Director/Pianist, San Francisco Playhouse, dir. Susi Damilano
*Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle nominations: Outstanding Music Direction, Production
SWEENEY TODD – Music Director/Pianist, San Jose Stage Co, dir. Kenneth Kelleher
*TBA Award nominations: Outstanding Music Direction, Production, and Ensemble
HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH – MD/Keys, San Jose Stage Co, dir. Allison Rich
*TBA Award nominations: Outstanding Production
KRIS KRINGLE THE MUSICAL – Keys, Reh. Pianist, Angel Polar Bear, dir. Frank Galgano
NEXT TO NORMAL – MD/Pianist, Jewel Theatre Co, dir. Julie James
STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW – Assoc. MD, Jewel Theatre Co, dir. Julie James
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG – Music Assistant, Theatreworks SV, dir. Robert Kelley
BEST OF BROADWAY… – Keys, Reh. Pianist, Transcendence Theatre Co, dir. Roy Lightner
HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR – Reh. Pianist, Transcendence Theatre Co, dir. Tony Gonzalez
LADIES OF BROADWAY – Keys, Reh. Pianist, Transcendence Theatre Co, dir. Eric Jackson
MARVELOUS WONDERETTES –  Keys, San Jose Rep, dir. Roger Bean
25th… SPELLING BEE –  Keys,  San Jose Rep, dir. Timothy Near
ALL SHOOK UP – Keyboard, Center Rep, dir. Robert Barry Fleming
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – Reh. Pianist, AMTSJ, dir. Glenn Casale
FLOWER DRUM SONG – Reh. Pianist, AMTSJ, dir. Gabriel Barre
THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG – MD, California Theatre Center, dir. Will Huddleston
REALLY ROSIE – MD, California Theatre Center, dir. Will Huddleston

San Francisco Bay Area
URINETOWN – MD/Pianist, American Conservatory Theater YC, dir. Jessica Bird
LIZZIE – MD/Pianist, City Lights Theater Company, dir. Lisa Malette
[TITLE OF SHOW] – MD/Pianist/Larry, Los Altos Stage Company, dir. Doug Brook
ASSASSINS – MD/Pianist, Los Altos Stage Company, dir. Lee Ann Payne
BAT BOY –  MD/Pianist, Los Altos Stage Company, dir. Lee Ann Payne
URINETOWN – MD/Pianist, Los Altos Stage Company, dir. Michael Ryken
COMPANY – MD/Pianist, Los Altos Stage Company, dir. Carole Fisher
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET – Music Director, Palo Alto Players, dir. Jeffrey Bracco
INTO THE WOODS – Music Director, Palo Alto Players, dir. Patrick Klein
SPAMALOT – MD/Pianist, Palo Alto Players, dir. Andrew Ceglio
CHICAGO – MD/Pianist, Palo Alto Players, dir. Janie Scott
SWEENEY TODD –  MD/Pianist Peninsula Youth Theater, dir. Meg Fisher Venuti
FUNNY THING… FORUM – Music Director, Foothill Musical Theatre, dir. Milissa Carey SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE – Assoc. Music Dir/Keyboard, Foothill Musical Theatre, dir. Milissa Carey

In-Development
MY MOTHER’S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING – Reh. Pianist,  Theatreworks Silicon Valley, Irene Sankoff and David Hein
BECOMING BRITNEY – Co-MD/Pianist, NYC Fringe Festival, dir. Molly Bell, Daya Curley
SINCERELY, MOM – Pianist, NYC and LA Readings, Jesse Sanchez
PEGGY, THE MUSICAL – MD/Pianist, Jewel Theatre Company, dir. Julie James
CASTLE HAPPY – MD/Pianist, Cast Recording, Jeff Dunn

Teaching
American Conservatory Theater MFA Cabaret, dir. Milissa Carey
San Jose State University –  Musical Theater Workshop, co-taught with Dyan McBride
San Jose State University –  Company One, co-taught with Janie Scott
Santa Clara University – Musical Theater Production Workshop and Musical Theatre 123, co-teachers Scotty Arnold and Jenn Bradford
Music Direction with Menlo School, Woodside Priory, Lincoln HS, Cupertino HS, Acalanes HS, Presentation HS, and others.

Special Skills
Sight-reading, conducting, vocal coaching, acting, creating and using keyboard programming, arranging and orchestration, working with instrumentalists.

Education
Bachelor of Music in Music Management, University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music

Other Musicals (MD, piano, keyboard)
1940’s Radio Hour, 42nd Street, Aida, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, West Side Story, Mame, Sound of Music, Big River, Little Shop of Horrors, Hair, Crazy For You, Beauty and the Beast, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Bugsy Malone, The World Goes Round, High School Musical, The Melody Lingers On, Barnum, Drowsy Chaperon, Wizard of Oz, Damn Yankees, A Year With Frog and Toad, Rent, Lucky Duck, Peter Pan, Anything Goes, Cats, Evita, The Wiz, The Full Monty, Wind in the Willows, Sleepy Hollow, Leader of the Pack, Side Show, Les Miserables, Once on this Island, The King and I, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Honk!, Oliver, Aladdin Jr, Seussical Jr, Xanadu Jr, Willy Wonka TYA, Godspell Jr, Fiddler on the Roof Jr., Rocky Horror Picture Show