Empowering the feminine on stage

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paramount theatre, february 2025

katie spelman is a chicago-born, brooklyn-based choreographer, director, and intimacy director who creates work with an emphasis on story, the feminine, and collaboration.

in addition to appearing on stages all over the country, her work has been presented in tokyo, london, scotland, switzerland, and australia.

Katie wears a black sheer dress and is in mid movement standing on the tips of her toes with both knees bent at 90 degrees and one art raised gracefully above her as the other caresses her chin

photos by kai ravelson and katie mollison

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katie has been the recipient of a helen hayes award, the agnes de mille commission from SDCF, appeared on the broadway women's fund women to watch list, the inaugural list of theatrely’s 31, and has been nominated for multiple joseph jefferson awards. she recently completed her training as an intimacy director with IDC, under the mentorship of claire warden.

spelman made her broadway choreographic debut this spring with the notebook; she was also the associate choreographer on moulin rouge for the boston, broadway, and australian companies, as well as a dance consultant on the west end and first US national touring productions. she was an associate on amelie, american psycho, and once on broadway.

recent credits

Katie is wearing a white blazer against a black background. She is sitting backwards on a black wooden chair, with one hand resting over the back of the chair and one elbow propped up and a hand supporting her head.

benjamin rivera photography

the notebook (broadway, schoenfeld theatre)
natasha, pierre, and the great comet of 1812 (writers theatre)
leftover men (goodman theatre, new stages reading)
swearing in english (ars nova, ant fest 2024)
the music man (marriott theatre - jeff nominations: best director, best choreography, best musical, best ensemble)
hello kitty must die (edinburgh fringe festival)
cabaret (barrington stage company) (berkshire theater award, best choreography)
an american tail (world premiere) (children’s theater co)
day 365: live from the rainbow room with dylan mulvaney

once (writers theatre - jeff nominations: best director, best musical, best ensemble)
the beautiful game (toho productions, tokyo)
the notebook (world premiere) (chicago shakespeare)
AD 16 (world premiere) (olney theater) (helen hayes award for outstanding choreography)
aren’t you glad you stayed in (TEAM petri project)
billy and the situation (new york comedy festival, edinburgh fringe festival)
the who’s tommy (denver center)
oklahoma! (goodspeed; connecticut critics nomination for best choreography)
cabaret (olney theater company; helen hayes nomination for best choreography; paramount theater, joseph jefferson nomination for best musical)
the first live-streamed musical on tik tok, for you, paige