Katy Pfaffl & Matt Bogart
Writers & Collaborators
Katy and Matt have long been friends since their time as students at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). They have collaborated on many projects over the years and have most recently reconnected as a writing team for their new and original musical, THREE FATES.
Writers & Collaborators
Katy and Matt have long been friends since their time as students at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). They have collaborated on many projects over the years and have most recently reconnected as a writing team for their new and original musical, THREE FATES.
Katy Pfaffl - (composer, music director, voice/music teacher, multi-instrumentalist)
Katy attended the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (CCM) for Musical Theater. In addition to performing on Broadway originating the role of 'Song Woman' in the Tony Award winning production of War Horse at Lincoln Center, she has released six celebrated albums of original music as vocal/piano/guitar/violin powerhouse Mighty Kate and two original albums with her most recent indie duo Daughter & Son; music directed/orchestrated the original musical, The Village of Vale at the Clark Studio at Lincoln Center; composed and music directed various productions of two original musicals, Subway Train and The Colors of Love, in NYC; and continues to compose and arrange for film and TV. Katy is also a coveted private voice teacher/vocal performance coach, working with the Broadway community for the past 15 years. In addition to private lessons, Katy also teaches voice and musical theater at the Julliard School with BT Turkish Music Exchange Summer Program; Broadway Bootcamp in Loveland, CO; and internationally with Dream Box Arts (Shenzhen, China); Broadway in Japan (Tokyo, Japan); Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project (Tamil Nadu, India); Nkosi's Haven (Johannesburg, South Africa), and Wings of Hope (Jacmel, Haiti). Katy is most recently the co-founder of Broadway's Babies, a non-profit organization dedicated to giving a voice to the voiceless, using the arts as a bridge to bring education, compassion, and possibility to children in need around the world. Current programs include: an annual music program for Dalit children in India; an annual conservatory program for poor and disabled children in Haiti; and in NYC with a weekly arts program at WIN (Women in Need) homeless shelter; a weekly after school choir program at Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce for under privileged children; and a weekly after school choir program with YPC (Youth Pride Chorus) at the LGBTQ Center. Katy attended the 2019 Goodspeed Writers Colony with her writing partner, Matt Bogart, working on an original musical, Three Fates. www.singwithkaty.com.
Matt Bogart - (Writer, Actor, Singer, Producer, Record Producer)
Matt's writing includes co-songwriter for a production of Orpheus Descending at Arena Stage, a musical adaptation of the film The Rookie, a TV pilot entitled 1/2 Hour with Mickey Fisher (Reverie, Extant, Creator and Exec. Prod.), conceived a Leonard Bernstein Review, several Solo cabaret concerts in NYC, co-songwriter for The Bogart Brothers band and At The End of Foster Road (a folk concert with narrative). Matt attended the 2019 Goodspeed Writers Colony with his writing partner, Katy Pfaffl, working on their original musical, Three Fates. Matt has primarily made his career as an actor/singer in principal roles on Broadway: Jersey Boys, Aida, Miss Saigon, The Civil War, Smokey Joe’s Café (TV/DVD) and Camelot (Tour). Off-Broadway: James Joyce in Himself and Nora (Outer Critics Nom.) and in Dublin, Ireland. TV: HBO’s “Vinyl” as Robert Goulet, “Smash” as JFK, Law and Order & L&O: SVU. Recent work includes world premiers of Paint Your Wagon at St. Louis MUNY, Snow Child at Arena Stage, Most Beautiful Room in NY at Long Wharf, Rochester in Jane Eyre and Billy in Carousel with Wichita Symphony. In addition to premiering leading roles at La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe, Goodspeed, and Cincinnati Playhouse, he has performed solo at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and with Symphony Orchestras throughout the US. Mr. Bogart has a BFA in Musical Theatre from the U. of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (also, 2018 CCM Young Alumni Award Recipient), is an Affiliated Artist of Arena Stage in D.C., a theatre producer, co-producer on the Jay Records recording label with 3 solo symphonic musical theatre records of his own, Matt Bogart: Simple Song, More Simple Songs and Sky Above Manhattan. Matt lives in Westchester, NY with his wife Jessica Boevers Bogart and their two boys. www.MattBogart.com, @theMattBogart.
Katy attended the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (CCM) for Musical Theater. In addition to performing on Broadway originating the role of 'Song Woman' in the Tony Award winning production of War Horse at Lincoln Center, she has released six celebrated albums of original music as vocal/piano/guitar/violin powerhouse Mighty Kate and two original albums with her most recent indie duo Daughter & Son; music directed/orchestrated the original musical, The Village of Vale at the Clark Studio at Lincoln Center; composed and music directed various productions of two original musicals, Subway Train and The Colors of Love, in NYC; and continues to compose and arrange for film and TV. Katy is also a coveted private voice teacher/vocal performance coach, working with the Broadway community for the past 15 years. In addition to private lessons, Katy also teaches voice and musical theater at the Julliard School with BT Turkish Music Exchange Summer Program; Broadway Bootcamp in Loveland, CO; and internationally with Dream Box Arts (Shenzhen, China); Broadway in Japan (Tokyo, Japan); Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project (Tamil Nadu, India); Nkosi's Haven (Johannesburg, South Africa), and Wings of Hope (Jacmel, Haiti). Katy is most recently the co-founder of Broadway's Babies, a non-profit organization dedicated to giving a voice to the voiceless, using the arts as a bridge to bring education, compassion, and possibility to children in need around the world. Current programs include: an annual music program for Dalit children in India; an annual conservatory program for poor and disabled children in Haiti; and in NYC with a weekly arts program at WIN (Women in Need) homeless shelter; a weekly after school choir program at Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce for under privileged children; and a weekly after school choir program with YPC (Youth Pride Chorus) at the LGBTQ Center. Katy attended the 2019 Goodspeed Writers Colony with her writing partner, Matt Bogart, working on an original musical, Three Fates. www.singwithkaty.com.
Matt Bogart - (Writer, Actor, Singer, Producer, Record Producer)
Matt's writing includes co-songwriter for a production of Orpheus Descending at Arena Stage, a musical adaptation of the film The Rookie, a TV pilot entitled 1/2 Hour with Mickey Fisher (Reverie, Extant, Creator and Exec. Prod.), conceived a Leonard Bernstein Review, several Solo cabaret concerts in NYC, co-songwriter for The Bogart Brothers band and At The End of Foster Road (a folk concert with narrative). Matt attended the 2019 Goodspeed Writers Colony with his writing partner, Katy Pfaffl, working on their original musical, Three Fates. Matt has primarily made his career as an actor/singer in principal roles on Broadway: Jersey Boys, Aida, Miss Saigon, The Civil War, Smokey Joe’s Café (TV/DVD) and Camelot (Tour). Off-Broadway: James Joyce in Himself and Nora (Outer Critics Nom.) and in Dublin, Ireland. TV: HBO’s “Vinyl” as Robert Goulet, “Smash” as JFK, Law and Order & L&O: SVU. Recent work includes world premiers of Paint Your Wagon at St. Louis MUNY, Snow Child at Arena Stage, Most Beautiful Room in NY at Long Wharf, Rochester in Jane Eyre and Billy in Carousel with Wichita Symphony. In addition to premiering leading roles at La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe, Goodspeed, and Cincinnati Playhouse, he has performed solo at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and with Symphony Orchestras throughout the US. Mr. Bogart has a BFA in Musical Theatre from the U. of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (also, 2018 CCM Young Alumni Award Recipient), is an Affiliated Artist of Arena Stage in D.C., a theatre producer, co-producer on the Jay Records recording label with 3 solo symphonic musical theatre records of his own, Matt Bogart: Simple Song, More Simple Songs and Sky Above Manhattan. Matt lives in Westchester, NY with his wife Jessica Boevers Bogart and their two boys. www.MattBogart.com, @theMattBogart.