Kathi Chaplar

Musician, Performer, Director, Artist

With over 30 years of experience in
educational and regional theater,
Kathi Chaplar has an eclectic range
of theatrical skills, including:

Directing
Musical Direction
Piano/Conductor
Composing / Arranging
Vocal Coaching
Vocal Performance
Acting
Scenic Design

About Kathi

In the News

2024 Broadway World LA Nomination for Best Performer in a Play - Kathi Chaplar, MOURNING SONG

There are also tender and harsh moments with a hallucinating Brigid and her own mother (Kathi Chaplar), dubbed Mamai, whose hardships left a stamp of which the adult Brigid is unaware.

Martín Hernández

Stage Raw
Recommended Top 10
review of Mourning Song

Musical director -vocal arranger Kathi Chaplar elicits topnotch ensemble harmonies expertly mixed with prerecorded instrumental tracks.

Steven Stanley

Stage Scene LA
review of Promises, Promises

[Scenic designer] Kathi Chaplar's stylish office set ... [is] topnotch.

Steven Stanley

Stage Scene LA
review of Could I Have This Dance?

Media

Classical Voice
   Et Exultavit

Broadway Voice
    Patterns

Pop / Folk Voice (voice, keyboard,& arrangement)
   Royals
   Wild World

Composer / Lyricist
   22% FEAR reel
   JOURNEY OF ANGELS promo
   JOURNEY OF ANGELS vocal selections

Musical Direction  &  Staging
   Crescenta Valley High's MATILDA

Acting
   A DULL PAIN, TURNED SHARP

Gallery

MOURNING SONG
photo by Doug Engalla

A DULL PAIN, TURNED SHARP
photo by Doug Engalla

photo by Brent Beerman

photo by Kari Wilton

photo by Kari Wilton

USS PINAFORE
photo by Keiko Moreno

MOURNING SONG staged reading
photo by Doug Engalla

photo by Sophia Sevajian