News and Updates
A Natural Woman
April 2024 - May 2024
You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face, I've heard, and I certainly will be when I get to play Carole King in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at the Fireside Theatre in Wisconsin!
Member of the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop
September 2023
I could not be more thrilled to be accepted as a First Year Composer in the Lehman Engel BMI Musical Theatre Workshop!
A Midsummer Dream
May 2023 - July 2023
I'll be sprinting through the woods of Virginia escaping two love-drugged boys as Helena in Wolfbane Production's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
The Sound of Music #2
December 2022 - January 2023
Back in the habit in The Sound of Music at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ!
about Me
Hey there! I’m Katie Horner, I’m a bisexual, Philadelphia-grown, NYC-based actor, singer, playwright, composer, music director, and instrumentalist. I have a B.A. in Theatre from Temple University, summa cum laude.
As an actor, I’ve performed regionally at houses like Paper Mill Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, ZACH Theatre, and the Fireside Theatre; I’ve also toured nationally with Buddy- The Buddy Holly Story.
I am currently a seasonal Music Director with RWS Global, providing world-class performances for cruise ships. I’ve music directed for companies like Theatre Horizon, 1812 Productions, Lantern Theatre Company, and the Philadelphia Fringe. I also have experience teaching and coaching through Arden Theatre Company and The University of the Arts.
My compositions have been performed and commissioned by Theatre Horizon, Temple University Singers, and other Philadelphia organizations. I am currently a second year composer with the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop as a composer. My singer-songwriter material can be streamed anywhere under the name Kay Rose.
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PERFORMANCE MediA & Resume
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Performance Videos
Katie Horner sings "Reasons Why"
Katie Horner sings "Reasons Why"
Katie Horner sings ‘The Son of a Preacher Man’
Katie Horner: Acting Reel
COMPOSITION & ARRANGEMENT
Composition Channel
Brighter Day by Katie Horner - Presented by Theatre Horizon
Brighter Day by Katie Horner - Presented by Theatre Horizon
Loved So Deep: A Virtual Choir Pride 2020 Celebration
154 Revisited: Sonnet 87
MUSICAL THEATRE DEMOS
The Half of It - I Just Can't Say It
Book by Colm Summers, Music/Arrangement by Katie Horner, Lyrics by Emily Boyd Dahab
Adapted from the 2020 high-school Rom-Com “The Half of It” based on Cyrano de Bergerac. Ellie, a brilliant closeted lesbian, has been wooing brainy but popular “it-girl”, Aster via text message on behalf of awkward jock, Paul. Tonight, Paul and Aster meet in-person at a diner for their second date while Ellie watches from the sidelines.
You People - Burst Your Bubble
Book, Music, Lyrics & Arrangement by Katie Horner
Maggie’s character James-Bond-style establishment song where she explains to her friends how she’ll manipulate the men around her to steal proof of corruption from the office of the oil company where she works as a secretary.
Cardinal Song - Big Bertha and Me
Book, Music, Lyrics & Arrangement by Katie Horner
Faye, a woman in her 80’s who is in the early stages of dementia, introduces Big Bertha, her elliptical, to Joyce, her new home aid.