Katie O'Halloran
director
ABOUT KATIE
Katie is an interdisciplinary director based in Ireland, originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her work celebrates theatricality, examines the materiality and effects of borders and confines, and prioritises a thorough probing of the text. She fuses her love of analysing language with detailed vocal and physical work, as she firmly believes that “actors write with their bodies”.
She holds a BFA (Hons) in Musical Theatre from The Boston Conservatory (concentrations in Directing, Acting, Songwriting) and an MFA (Distinction) in Directing from The Lir National Academy of Dramatic Art.
Katie was the 2022 recipient of the Marie Mullen Bursary with Druid Theatre. She was selected as a studio director with the Irish National Opera and worked with the company throughout their 22-23 season.
Katie is represented by Holly Carey with Sovran Carey Agency.
This Website and Katie’s Directing CV outline a selection of productions. For a full list of directing credits, please click below:
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Katie is currently directing two productions for Dublin fringe festival 2026. Soak: the Perfect Man is written and performed by Samuel Yakura, and blends live music, theatre and poetry. West Meath gothic is written and performed by Kate Finegan and fuses theatre, aerial performance and an original electronic score.
This year, as Part of Dublin theatre festival, Katie will be directing heist by Dafe pessu orugbo.
Aoife Martyn’s short film, A Good funeral, was directed by Katie O’Halloran and selected for the fastnet film festival, LOCO comedy film festival, as well as the Galway film fleadh 2026.
Katie directed the music video for “rapture” by Minneapolis-based artist Mourning dove, which can be viewed here.