Katie B. Oberlander

Director, teacher, playwright, and performer Katie Bufithis Oberlander holds a bachelor’s degree in voice performance from the Eastman School of Music and a master’s degree in arts management from American University. She has authored and directed numerous plays and musicals for professional theatres, including Imagination Stage in Bethesda, MD, Seacoast Repertory Theatre in Portsmouth, NH, and Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, ME. An experienced drama and music educator, Katie has held arts education positions at Norwood School (Bethesda, MD), the Peabody Essex Museum, North Shore YMCA Theatre Company, Marblehead Community Charter Public School, Miles River Middle School, and Gloucester Stage. She is currently Director of Performing Arts and Community Engagement at Harborlight Montessori School. Katie lives in Beverly, Massachusetts with her husband, Eric, and their two sons, Thomas and James.