Katheryn McGaffigan

Katheryn McGaffigan is a NYC-based playwright, Equity actor, and musician. She made her Off-Broadway debut with Follower, a solo show she wrote and performed, at Theatre Row as part of the United Solo Theatre Festival. Follower was further developed for the NYC Fringe Festival, where its final two performances sold out, earning a Sell-Out Award. The show then went on to a five-performance engagement at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. In film, Katheryn co-wrote and co-starred in As the Dust Settles, a participatory documentary about Burning Man. As a musician, she performed internationally with the gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello, and her forthcoming EP features two members of the legendary Swans. She performs with her own band at venues such as the Mercury Lounge. Katheryn studied playwriting at Sarah Lawrence College and trained in solo performance at The Barrow Group, Go-Solo, and Magnet Theater. Her acting training includes Harvard University, The New Actors Workshop, and LAByrinth Theater Company, among others. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Playwrights’ Center, and the Association of Performing Arts Professionals.