Katya Stanislavskaya is a pianist, musical director, composer, lyricist, and educator. Born in Odessa, Ukraine, she emigrated to the Philadelphia area at age 12. Katya lives in New York City with her husband, writer and filmmaker Hilan Warshaw. She performs and teaches in New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia.
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June 10th, 2013 |
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| May 19th, 2013 "Women on Love" is performed at an event honoring Dr. Bobby MacGuffie, founder of SHARE Africa. To attend this elegant afternoon of music, wine, and hor d'oeuvres, please visit their website. |
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| May 16th, 2013 Katya's songs are featured in the May installment of UPTOWN CABARET SPOTLIGHT at Indian Road Cafe in Northern Manhattan. Starring Katie Geissinger, Amy Justman, Beth Kirkpatrick, and Alyse Alan Louis. 600 West 218th St @ Indian Road, NYC, 10034. Show starts at 8 pm, but come early and enjoy delicious food and a fascinating beer. |
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| April 18th, 2013 Katya performs "Coffee Date" from Women on Love at the Metropolitan Opera Guild fundraising event featuring the talents of the Guild Artists. |
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| February 23rd - March 11th, 2013 Katya is very excited to have been chosen a composer for the New Dramatists Composer-Librettist Studio. She will create five original pieces in collaboration with five playwrights during the two-week residency. |
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| February 10th & 11th, 2013 Katya's song "To Each Her Own" from Women on Love is performed as part of Sarah Corey and Jen Piacenti's cabaret, "Songs Our Friends Wrote". The cabaret will take place on 2/10 and 2/11 at 7:30 at Flute Bar Gramercy (40 East 20th St, Manhattan). |
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| February 2nd & 3rd, 2013 Katya's new short musical, EDEN, is performed as part of the 4@15 program at NYU-Steinhardt. Directed by Brian Blythe, musical direction by Tammy Holder, performed by Emily Senkowsky, Nick Savarese, Eric Lohr, Jordan Bonner, Will Baugh, Jo Ruffin, Rose Bisogno, and Caroline Alexander. The performances are Saturday, February 2nd, at 6:30 and 9 pm; and Sunday, February 3rd, at 3, 6, and 9 PM at NYU's Black Box Theatre, Pless Hall, 82 Washington Square East. Please click here for tickets. |
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| January, 2013 Katya's contribution to Mauckingbird Theater Company's production of Much Ado About Nothing wins a BWW (BroadwayWorld.com) award for "Best Original Music". |
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| December 10th, 2012 Katya's song "I Speak Music" from Resident Alien will be featured in New York Theatre Barn's holiday concert at the D-Lounge. Amy Justman will perform. Monday, 12/10/12 at 7:30 PM. |
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| December 9th, 2012 Two of Katya's songs will be featured in the Broadway's Future Holiday Concert at the Bruno Walter auditorium of New York Public Library of Performing Arts. Jason SweetTooth Williams will perform "Uncle Buzz", with lyrics by Bill Nelson and music by Katya Stanislavskaya; and Sarah Corey will perform a brand-new song, "This Isn't Christmas", with words and music by Katya Stanislavskaya. Sunday, December 9th at 2:30pm. |
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| November 14th, 2012 Katya was the music director and pianist for "The Wrong Note Parade", an evening of songs by Rachel Peters and Michael R. Jackson, at the Cornelia Street Cafe. |
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| October 12-November 18, 2012 Katya was the music director for Transport Group's "House for Sale", written by Jonathan Franzen, adapted and directed by Daniel Fish, with original music by Polly Pen. Playing at The Duke Theater on 42nd Street through November 18th. |
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| August 27th, 2012 Katya is music directing Ars Nova's UNCHARTED: Anna K. Jacobs. Rising composer Anna K. Jacobs plays favorites from her songbook in this evening of pop-infused contemporary musical theater. With help from her band, Jacobs will present selections from her ode to Andy Warhol, POP!, and her soulful musical, Harmony, Kansas, with help from Broadway's Alyse Alan Louis (Mamma Mia), Eric William Morris (Mamma Mia), and Brian Charles Rooney (Three Penny Opera). |
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| August, 2012 Katya contributed original music for Mauckingbird Theater Company's production of Much Ado About Nothing. The production is running at the Off Broad Street Theater in Philadelphia until August 26th. |
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| July - August, 2012 Katya is returning to NYU's "CDP" (Collaborative, Development, & Production) summer workshop. She is the musical director for Prodigy by Jennifer Stafford and Willem Oosthuysen, directed by Robert Heller. |
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| June, 2012 Five of Katya's songs have been chosen to be a part of the Directory of Contemporary Musical Theater. Her song "Time on My Hands" from Women on Love was in the Top 25 songs, presented at the 2012 NATS Conference. |
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| April 25th-29th, 2012 Katya is the music director, conductor and pianist for City University of New York - Lehman College's production of "Urinetown". Please click on the logo for details. |
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| March 14th, 2012 Katya's new song, "Mr. Grey", will be part of the Contemporary Traditionalists next concert, "Interpolated!". Time Out Lounge @ New World Stages, 340 W. 50th Street, 10 PM. |
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| March 2th-9th, 2012 Katya's musical, "A Caveat" (written with James Clark) will be performed at the Playwrights Horizons Theater School. Please click on the logo for more information. |
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| January 28th-29th, 2012 Katya wrote the book, music, and lyrics for "Natural Election", a short musical written for and performed by the students of NYU-Steinhardt as part of the 4@15 project. The evening was directed by Brian Blythe, and music directed by Jesse Kissel. |
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| February, 2012 Katya will be the music director of Adam Guettel's Myths and Hymns at Prospect Theater, directed by Elizabeth Lucas. |
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| Monday, December 12th Two of Katya's songs will be featured in New York Theatre Barn's holiday concert in the D-Lounge. The songs will be performed by Alyse Alan Louis, Josh Isaacs, and Anne Wechsler. [Click on the link for more information] http://www.nytheatrebarn.org/d-lounge.html |
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| Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Katya served as a rehearsal accompanist and pit orchestra pianist for a concert of Kander and Ebb's The Visit, benefiting the Actors Fund and Vineyard Theatre. The concert starred Chita Rivera and John Cullum. |
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| Fall 2011 Katya will take part in Playwright Horizon's Theater School's NMTC (New Musical Theater Collaborative). Along with playwright James Clark, Katya will be creating a new musical theater piece for college students. |
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| July 28th-30th, 2011 Katya's new song, "I get it", was part of "Alter Ego", Prospect Theater's summer intensive for high school students. |
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| June 2011 Katya has been accepted into the Advanced Class of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop. |
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| Summer 2011 Katya will have a residency at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire as a theater writer. She will be working on her current project, Poetry and Prose. |
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| May 23rd, 2011 Songs from Women on Love and Poetry and Prose will be featured in New York Theatre Barn's benefit celebrating women composers. Other featured songwriters include Zoe Sarnak, Julia Meinwald, and Shaina Taub. The benefit is a fundraiser for an NYTB/Prospect Theater joint production of I Married Wyatt Earp. Please click on the logo for further information. |
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| April 15th and 16th, 2011 Katya participated in York Theater and UCI Satellite Program's "4@15" event, where students from University of California Irvine performed her short musical, Pandora's Inbox. Other writers included Sarah Wordsworth & Russell Kaplan, Adam Overett, and Matthew Hardy & Robert Maggio. |
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| March 26th, 2011 Katya will be the musical director and one of the featured composers/lyricists in the "The Important of Being Not So Earnest" concert in the Parkside Lounge. For tickets, email importanceofbeingnotsoearnest@gmail.com. |
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| March 13th & 14th, 2011 "Perfect", a short musical with book/lyrics by Chris Fitz and music/lyrics by Katya Stanislavskaya, will be performed as part of AWOL's 8 Minute Musicals event at TBG theater. Click on the logo for tickets. |
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| February 28th, 2011 Katya's song "To Each Her Own" was featured in the inaugural "Are You Working On Something New?" concert at Don't Tell Mamas. |
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| February 9th-13th, 2011 LuMaxx Productions presents "Women on Love: A theatrical song cycle", music and lyrics by Katya Stanislavskaya. Performances will take place at the Gillioz Theater in Springfield, Missouri. Click the logo for tickets and more information. |
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| December 11th-12th, 2010 Katya organized, musically directed, and contributed songs to "SING OUT LOUD: A Queer-themed cabaret" at Temple University. Inspired by the recent LGBT youth suicides, the 'It Gets Better' project, and the Trevor project, the cabaret featured brand-new songs by up-and-coming composers and lyricists. The songs were performed by 27 students from Temple's musical theater concentration. Click the logo for a complete list of writers and performers. |
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| October 13th - 31st, 2010 Katya will be conducting and playing Sweeney Todd at Temple University. |
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| September, 2010 Katya will be joining the faculty of Temple University's School of Communication and Theater as an adjunct instructor. She will be teaching Writing Lyrics and Music Theory/Sightsinging, and serving as the musical director for the fall musical. |
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July - August, 2010 Katya will be returning to Usdan Center for the Arts as a member of the piano faculty. Click the logo to visit Usdan's website. |
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June 7th, 2010, at 9pm Women on Love will be presented as part of the Planet Connections Theater Festivity at the Gene Frankel Theatre. The show will be benefiting SHARE Africa. Click the logo for more information and tickets. |
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May 10th, 2010, at 7:30pm Katya's song "Laundry Day" will be performed at the NEO6 (New, Emerging, and Outstanding) benefit concert at the York Theater. Karen Ziemba will sing with Matt Castle at the piano. Click the logo for tickets and more information. |
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| May - July, 2010 Katya will serve as the Assistant Musical Director and pianist for Sunday in the Park with George at the Arden Theater in Philadelphia. Click the logo for tickets! |
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May 3rd, 2010 "Driving Home on the Freeway", music by Katya Stanislavskaya, words by Frankie Terry, will be performed by Wesley Taylor ("Rock of Ages", "The Addams Family") at his "Wesley Taylor and friends" concert at Joe's Pub. Click the logo for tickets and more information. |
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April 23rd - 25th, 2010 Katya will be musically directing and playing MuSE Presents The Legend of the Flowers: An evening of four short musicals inspired by the JAMSS project. Katya wrote the music for one of the short musicals, The Seed, with lyricist Molly McQue; she also wrote the music and lyrics for the closing number. Click the logo for tickets. Friday, April 23rd, 3:30 and 8:00 PM at Lincoln Center's Clark Studio Sunday, April 25th, at Queens Botanical Gardens. |
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