For TDF Student Member Katherine Fatta, Theatre’s a Way of Life

Member Stories

Welcome to Meet the Member, where TDF members let you know which shows they love.

Today’s member: Katherine Fatta, a TDF student member since 2012 — she joined while still in high school. Originally from Freehold, NJ, she is currently a junior at Montclair State University majoring in communications and theatre.

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Emily Travis, Marketing Manager at TDF: Hello, Katherine! You’re majoring in theatre at college, so I assume it’s one of your passions?

Emily: You’ve been a TDF member since you were in high school. What inspired you to join?

Katherine: My grandma has been a member for many years and we’ve been seeing shows together for forever! We recently saw It Shoulda Been You [before it closed] and she loved it. She said she hadn’t had so much fun at the theatre in a long time. She likes plays, and I like musicals. But I’ll see anything with her.

Emily: I know Montclair State has fantastic performing arts programs. What activities are you involved in there?

Katherine: Starting this year, I get to work on student productions. I may work on costumes or as an usher. I’m also in a sorority, but none of my sisters understand theatre. I grew up going to the theatre, so it’s funny to be around people that don’t get it. It’s like living a double life!

Emily: Musicalizations of movies are definitely popular. Can you share your dream creative team and cast?

Katherine:

Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and book by Peter Duchan (they all previously collaborated on the musical

Dogfight

). Direction by Bartlett Sher (

The King and I

). Starring Kara Lindsay (

Newsies

) and Santino Fontana (

Cinderella

). The assignment was so fun. And I got an A!

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Note: This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

Photo courtesy of Katherine Fatta

EMILY TRAVIS