In the Lounge [ taking ] space Katie Madison
About This Show
[ taking ] space a song cycle with music and words by Katie Madison. Nodding classical and contemporary musical theatre styles, this genre-bending piece fuses spoken word and music of the African diaspora to explore how the stories of our past, affect the tales of the present if we are ever going to shape the narratives of the future.
About the Artist
Katie Madison is a Brooklyn based musical theatre artist with an M.F.A in Musical Theatre Writing and Composition from New York University and a B.F.A in Musical Theatre Performance from the University of Michigan. She was a BMI Fellow 2017-2019, a finalist for the National Black Theatre’s Soul Producing Residency, and a recipient of both The Michigan Tradition Award and The Michigan Promise Award. She has performed at venues such as 54 Below, the Triad Theatre, The Stonewall Inn, Don’t Tell Mama, and Molloy Studios. As an actor, Katie has been featured in readings at the New Dramatists’ Guild, Playwright’s Horizons and New York University.
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