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Two women are dancing happily and holding hands while another woman watches and smiles in a room with shelves and wall decorations.

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A woman in a blue dress and tan heels sitting on a glass coffee table with her hands clasped and eyes closed, while an older man in a suit drinks from a glass in the background in a living room with patterned wallpaper and a decorative wall hanging.

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Katie was in residency at Theaterlab in 2026 to begin creation of her new solo work Matriline

Arts at the Edge launches in Riverdale, Bx led by Katie and Esmé Julien Boyce

20+ years onstage

from Shakespeare to world premieres

opera house, playhouse, concert hall

actor, singer, human being.

or read on below for information on my generative projects

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"Zaffrann gives a rich, multifaceted performance."

— Tampa Bay Times, for john and jen
"Joe is smitten with young Edie - played with startling effortlessness by the radiant Katie Zaffrann."

— Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, for Grey Gardens
"An enchanting delight... relatable and enjoyable. Cabaret storytelling in its purest form."

— BroadwayWorld, for Katie’s solo show Marry Me a Little: a cold feet cabaret
"Most moving is a portrait of advanced age, in which a woman is bidding a fond farewell to her body and the declining life that comes with it."

— The Philadelphia Inquirer, for In My Body, about Katie’s solo song & dance “Goodbye Body”
"The play’s design elements keep the audience engaged until its true heart, the quiet and humanizing scenes between various characters, most notably Katie Zaffrann as the assured French journalist... settle into themselves."

— New York Theatre Review, for Between the Tigris and the Euphrates

Of Life and Love and Wings: Great American Poetry in Song

Four of America’s favorite poets…

Dickinson, Frost, Millay, cummings

set by two composers…

Alfred Heller & Ricky Ian Gordon

for one intimate concert

on love and loss, joy and grief, life and death, human nature and Mother Nature

have a piano?

AS SEEN AT the Stonington Opera House, New York Public Library (National Poetry Month), Sing For Hope Port Authority Rush Hour Concert Series, Fourth Universalist Society, Riverdale-Yonkers Ethical Culture Society

BOOK A HOUSE CONCERT

Marry Me a Little: a cold feet cabaret

“A smart cabaret… there is philosophy, pathos, wit and wisdom, all of it wrapped up like saltwater taffy in wonderful music.”

- Stephen Mosher, BroadwayWorld

AS SEEN AT The Green Room 42, The Triad NYC and Chenango River Theatre

For anyone who's ever had an unconventional thought about relationships and the nature of marriage... Come explore the rollercoaster journey from "I love you" to "I do"! We join the bride-to-be as she sings the bliss, beauty, wonder… terror, resistance and panic of loving and being loved, with music ranging from Kurt Weill through Stephen Sondheim to contemporary theater and pop. Skewering the mainstream culture’s notions of “bridezilla” and the pressure to be unwaveringly excited for the “best day of your life,” Katie tells it like it is in this edgy, open-hearted, honest look at love, weddings, and all the messiness in between.

Starring Katie Zaffrann - Directed by Laura Brandel - Music Direction by Tina deVaron

“Cabaret storytelling in its purest form.”

— BroadwayWorld

NAKED: a musical short film

Best Musical Short: Manhattan Film Festival, Chain NYC Film Festival

Best Song: Parma Int'l Music Film Festival

Best Original Song: Long Island Int'l Film Expo

Best Comedy nominee: Snake Alley Festival of Film

Based on Mike Pettry’s song “Without a Stitch On”

soundtrack available on Apple Music

NOW STREAMING ON INDIEFLIX