Katherine M. Carter is a stage director of theater and opera. During the 2024-25 season at HGO, she serves as associate director for La bohème. Previously for the company, Carter served as assistant director for La bohème (2018), director for the same production that season at Miller Outdoor Theatre, and assistant director for Dialogues of the Carmelites (2022). Her work has been seen at The Canadian Opera Company, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Santa Fe Opera, Sarasota Opera, On Site Opera, The Alley Theatre, The Rose Theatre, Parallel 45 Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, Boston Lyric Opera, The Little Orchestra Society, Playwrights Horizons, 54 Below, Boston Opera Collaborative, and the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Carter has been a guest at some of opera’s leading training programs, including The Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Santa Fe Opera, and Wolf Trap Opera. She has led productions and workshops at The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes Opera, New York University, Carnegie Mellon University, Rice University, the New School for Drama, Interlochen Academy for the Arts, the University of Michigan, and the National Opera Association. She has been awarded fellowships and residencies with New Georges, Wolf Trap Opera, The Drama League, and Playwrights Horizons. She is the co-founder of The MITTEN Lab, a weeklong residency in northern Michigan for emerging theater artists, and a certified Intimacy Director through IDC Professionals.