Katherine Parrish is a freelance performer based in New York City.

 

Most recently, she was seen performing two brand new solo shows onboard the American West paddlewheeler, showcasing her vocal, guitar and piano skills across a wide array of genres (pop, musical theatre, jazz, rock, folk, country, opera, etc.), and entertaining the crowd with stories from her unique life in the city and her past life at sea. 

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When she is not at sea or on a river, Katherine works as a talent agent for Lime Entertainment, finding shipboard performance gigs for other great vocalists worldwide. She also teaches private music lessons to young musicians ages 3-13 (see TEACHING tab above). Katherine has also worked as an associate producer and a cover singer at the 92nd Street Y for their acclaimed Lyrics and Lyricists concert series. 
 

Her first stint at sea was as a Featured Singer for Royal Caribbean International aboard their ships Spectrum of the Seas (The Silk Road) and Navigator of the Seas (Ballroom Fever, Showgirl: Past, Present, and Future). She got to travel to many new places, make lifelong friends with people from all over the world, and star in eight shows a week. 
 

Katherine earned her Bachelor's of Music in Musical Theatre from Manhattan School of Music. She went on to study musical theatre at Manhattan School of Music, where she appeared in The Drowsy Chaperone in the titular role (directed by Evan Pappas, music directed by David Loud), and Spring Awakening as Wendla Bergman (under the direction of Chloe Treat). ​

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Katherine got the performing bug at 7 years old as a soprano in her church's choir, and has since been a paid choir member and soloist at many establishments. She is an avid, skilled sight reader with a strong background in music theory and she nerds out any time she gets to sing really difficult harmonies!

 

Katherine is also passionate about the creation of theatrical new works, and loves participating in workshops and witnessing the molding and crafting of a new piece of theatre. 

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Other hobbies of hers include reading an excessive amount of fiction, playing Joni Mitchell on her guitar, knitting Christmas gifts for her family, cooking and hosting epic dinner feasts and games nights for her friends, finding typos on restaurant menus, cutting her own hair, hiking tall peaks and spending time outdoors, swimming in cold water, and exploring as many corners of this vast and beautiful world as she can.

 

Katherine grew up in Southern California studying acting and musical theatre at the Tony Award-winning regional theatre South Coast Repertory, and in high school she made her professional debut in their 35th annual production of A Christmas Carol as the tallest Martha Cratchit they’d ever had.