Katie Shults Bio- New York based Actress, Singer, Dancer

**Favorite Things Include:**
*-Walks, hikes, any outdoor time with friends*
*-Extra parmesan cheese on her pasta*
*-Making Spotify playlists for each month of the year (it’s like making a photo album with music :)*
*-The things her students say with totally unabashed*
*-Bonding with other New Jersey natives over the question “pork roll, or Taylor ham”.*
*Now for the official bio…..*

Katie Shults grew up in New Jersey participating in Paper Mill's summer conservatory and New Voices concerts from 2008-2015 and working at surrounding community theaters, such as Gaslamp, Montclair Operetta Club, and the Playwright's Theatre of NJ. She graduated Cum Laude with a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, at the New Studio on Broadway. School credits include Ellie Greenwich in Leader of the Pack, Dancer in Swing! and Tribe in Hair.

Katie spent the summer of 2017 at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield Massachusetts. Here, she sang in numerous cabaret performances, brought to life the role of Margo in a reading of the new musical Butterflies, directed by Graciela Daniele and supervised by Bill Finn, and understudied in Sam Buntrock's production of Taking Steps. Summers 2019-2022, Katie worked at Peterborough Players where she performed in shows that included Cabaret, Circle Mirror Transformation, The Drowsy Chaperone, A Doll’s House Part 2 and many more. In fall 2019 she performed the role of Lizzie Bennet in Lost Nation Theater’s Pride and Prejudice, for which she won Best Actress in a Professional Production with Broadway World’s Regional Theatre Awards (Vermont). She recently loved working with Greater Boston Stage Company on their production of Little Women.

Besides performing, Katie’s other passions include early childhood education (having worked as a Virtual Kindergarten Teacher), theatre administration (working with Vanguard Theater Company), and figure skating! She is also a choreographer, having choreographed at NYU, Lost Nation Theater, as well as at NJ theaters, such as Vanguard Theater Company, Gas Lamp Players, and Elefante Music.

Katie is so grateful for all those who have supported her in her goals and aspirations throughout the years, including her teachers, directors, friends, and family members. She looks forward to continuing to grow as a story teller, with all the fascinating people she has met, and has yet to meet on her journey!