Katie Madison

Katie Madison graduated from TCAPS in 2007. After graduation, she attended the University of Michigan where she received her B.F.A. in Musical Theatre, and NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she received her M.F.A in Musical Theatre, Writing, and Composition.

Katie now lives in Brooklyn, New York. She was recently featured at Lincoln Center as part of their Summer For The City Programming, where they presented a concert of her original work and arrangements with ASL Interpretation featuring an ensemble of musicians including acoustic guitar, upright bass, cello, piano, vocals, and percussion. In August of 2022, a staged production of her musical SUN SONGS was workshopped at Marist College with New York Stage and Film.

She says she is most proud of her transition from novice stage performer to musical theatre composer, arranger, orchestrator, lyricist, and bookwriter while taking care of her voice as her main instrument. "The thing that I am most proud of is that I built the thing I didn't see."

When asked what advice she has for students today, Katie said, "Learn to recognize what it feels like when someone sees you, wholly. Whether it's the person serving you lunch, caring for you after school, your bus driver, a teacher, a member of the maintenance staff, hold onto that feeling of being seen and build your community around that. It's so hard because of peer pressure, bullying, parental expectations, class issues, and all the stress around growing into who you are, but don't waste time and energy giving people access to you who don't see you and celebrate you. You deserve to be seen wholly. You deserve to be mentored, you deserve to feel like that all the time…even if it starts in a book or a piece of music. Let that be where you start. Let it open the rest of the world to you."

To learn more about Katie, her experiences, and her current projects and accomplishments, visit www.kvmadison.com.