In short
Katie Spelman is a choreographer, the person who designs the dance and movement in a musical. She created the choreography for the Broadway production of The Notebook, and our directory lists her on the touring version in Houston and Dallas in January 2027. She is also credited on Nikola: A New Musical at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Look for her name if you enjoy musicals where movement helps tell the story.
What to look for
A choreographer decides how bodies move on stage, from big group numbers to small gestures between two people. In The Notebook, a love story that moves back and forth between a young couple and the same pair years later, movement can help show those two time periods sharing one stage. Watch how the ensemble flows around the leads, how scene changes are handled by the cast moving together, and how simple physical moments carry feeling when no one is singing. The touring show is a chance to see that staging up close, and her credit on a new musical about the inventor Nikola Tesla shows her working on brand new material as well.
Written by PlayhouseFinder, reviewed October 2026.