Katie Kopajtic is a queer, lesbian writer and actor whose work spans theatre, film and digital publication.
Recent acting credits include: Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood (River’s Edge Theatre Company), Modern Witches (ongoing solo performance, featured at Smithsonian Affiliate City Lore, Edinburgh Fringe, The Barbershop Theatre, and River’s Edge Theatre Company), Lipstick Lobotomy (Columbia University staged reading), Confessions of a Personal Trainer (Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017, 59E59, The Tank), “The Actor” (New York Short Film Festival 2018), The Light of the Moon, and What Breaks the Ice. Katie has also worked as an extra in the past for the shows Homeland and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Production credits include: Caribe Bestial (Julia de Burgos Center, Fuerza Fest), Numbness: Chapter 2 (New Ohio Theatre), 24 Hour Plays (Broadway), and The Bad and the Better (The Amoralists). In film, Katie has worked as a production assistant on The Light of The Moon (SXSW Audience Award), What Breaks the Ice, Wake (upcoming), New York Fashion Week 2018-2019, and in various advertising projects including GLAMOUR and Adidas.
Fiction credits include “Walmart: Population 4” (Variant Literature), and “Terranueva” (The Future Fire). Nonfiction credits include “Heritage Fantasy” (Cream City Review), “I’m Proud of my Queer Fandom” (Electric Literature), “Longing for the Magic of My Childhood Home” (Catapult), and “Best Club, Worst People” (the Under Review).
Katie formed Tres Brujas Productions with her wife Monica in 2016. She is a graduate of the Tin House Summer Workshop, and holds a B.F.A. in Acting from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2011). In addition to her projects, she works as a narrative designer and storyteller for the science fantasy NFT project “The Fracture.”
