Katie Goodman

Katie Goodman is an American musical satirist and comedian. She performs her solo show, “I Didn’t F*ck It Up” in New York [1] and around the world, and originated “Broad Comedy” a troupe of five women who perform musical satire and sketch in 1999.[2]

Background

Katie Goodman graduated from University of Pennsylvania in 1990.[3]

Katie Goodman and Soren Kisiel, a wife-husband team, are the creators, writers and directors of Broad Comedy that has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Boston, and Los Angeles,[4] and won the Vancouver Fringe Festival[5]

Katie Goodman is a Boston native, and the daughter of Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Ellen Goodman.[6] In addition to Broad Comedy, Katie writes for O: The Oprah Magazine,[7] is a nationally touring speaker,[8] and is the author of Improvisation For The Spirit: Live A Creative, Spontaneous, and Courageous Life Using the Tools of Improv Comedy.[9]

She was also the founder and producer of the National Women's Theatre Festival in Los Angeles in the 90”s and an Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Women's Theatre Festival.[10]

Awards and runs

Katie and Soren and Broad Comedy were nominated for an EPIC Award from The White House Project in 2010,[11] as well as being nominated for the MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” for their unique work in theatre.[12] They also won the “Pick Of The Fringe” Award at the Vancouver Fringe Festival in 2005. [13]

Goodman performed at Showtime’s “The Green Room with Paul Provenza” taping in 2010.[14]

Broad Comedy was featured at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland in the summer of 2010.[15]

In April 2011, Katie Goodman and Soren Kisiel started the social activism awareness site www.UnFuckitup.com due to the popularity of their hit “I Didn’t Fuck It Up.” It’s a place where social activists can come together to get inspired about how other people are changing the world.[16] They award one “unfucker” of the month.

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