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Kathryn Moran

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Associate Teaching Professor
Theatre and Dance University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Kathryn Moran Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Associate Teaching Professor

Theatre and Dance

Specialty area(s)

Music Theatre Applied Voice Teacher

Singer/Actor Classes

Music Direction/Conducting

Brief biography

Kathryn Skemp Moran teaches musical theater voice and serves as the UWL musical theater music director, conducting the pit orchestras and preparing the singers for production. 

As a solo performer, Kathryn most recently appeared as Janine in A Handmaid's Tale with the Boston Lyric Opera. Other roles at BLO include Frasquita in Carmen, Bubikopf in The Emporer of Atlantis,  and Flora in The Turn of the Screw. She performed with Madison Opera singing Laurie in Copland’s The Tender Land, and has been featured with Glimmerglass Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Aspen Music Festival, and the Florida Orchestra. Under the baton of Keith Lockhart, she appeared with the Boston Pops on their Holiday Tour and with Faith Prince and Alice Ripley in The Best of Sondheim, with the Utah Symphony. She also performed off-broadway in The New Group's The Music Teacher. 

Kathryn Skemp Moran earned a Bachelor of Music and Musical Theater degree from Northwestern University and a Master of Music degree from Boston University. 

Current courses at UWL

Singing for the Stage
Musical Theatre Voice
Cabaret
Singer/Actor

Education

Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) BM/Musical Theater

Boston University, MM

Kudos

presented

Nic Barilar, Michelle Collyar, Jesse Curvin, Ashley Dobrogosz, David Harlan, Laurie Kincman, Amanda Kolbe, Nate Mohlman, Kathryn Moran, Gregory Parmeter and Anna Wooden, all Theatre & Dance, presented "Cabaret" as the final production in the 2024-2025 season on April 25 in La Crosse. The production, directed by Nic Barilar, featured the work of Musical Director Kathryn Moran; Choreographer Ashley Dobrogosz; Scenic Designer Mandy Kolbe; Technical Director Nate Mohlman; Costume Designer Anna Wooden; Sound Designer & Engineer David Harlan; Projections Designer Laurie Kincman; Fight Director Greg Parmeter; Scene Shop Supervisor Dylan Curvin; and Costume Shop Supervisor Michelle Collyar. The creative team also included students Sage Goetsch, stage manager; Avery Weston, dramaturg; Ozzy Glazer, props designer; Connor Pangburn, sound designer; and Alumna Tracy Joe, lighting designer. It ran April 25-May 4, 2025 in Toland Theatre.

Submitted on: April 28

presented

Mary Leonard and Kathryn Moran, both Theatre Arts, presented "Behind the Scenes of UWL's Little Women" at UWL's Creative Imperatives on March 3 in La Crosse.

Submitted on: Mar. 9, 2020

presented

Joseph Anderson, Michelle Collyar, Benjamin Golden, Amanda Kolbe, Mary Leonard, Kathryn Link, Kathryn Moran and Megan Morey, all Theatre Arts, presented "Little Women" at Toland Theatre on Feb. 28 in La Crosse. The Department of Theatre Arts produced the musical, Little Women, in the Toland Theatre, Center for the Arts February 28-March 1 & March 5-8, 2020. Theatre faculty included: Mary Leonard (director), Kathryn Moran (musical director), Joseph Anderson (costume designer), Michelle Collyar (costume supervisor), Ben Golden (lighting designer), Megan Morey (scenic designer/technical director), Kathryn Link (scene shop supervisor/assistant technical director), and Amanda Kolbe (props designer/scenic artist).

Submitted on: Mar. 9, 2020

presented

Kathryn Moran, Theatre Arts, presented "Messiah" at Viterbo University on Jan. 2 in La Crosse, WI. Kathryn Skemp Moran was the featured soprano soloist for the Choral Union/Concert Choir's performance of the "Messiah". The choral ensemble was led by Christopher Hathaway with other featured soloists included Soojin Ritterling, Matthew Curtis and Claude Cassion.

Submitted on: Jan. 2, 2020

presented

Kathryn Moran, Theatre Arts, presented "Music by Debussy, Strauss, Bernstein and more" at Night Songs on Nov. 3, 2019 in Annett Recital Hall, UWL. Kathryn Moran, Liam Moran and UWL alumni Matt Salvo performed music from a wide range of artists and composers including Debussy, Bernstein, Berlioz, Poulene, Schubert, and more.

Submitted on: Nov. 4, 2019