Get to Know the Staff: Katie Broman

Katie Broman
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Length of time you have worked with Opera Omaha:

10 months

Six-word summary of your job/duties/what you do:

Promote opera/develop audiences/communicate/write

Describe the best or most rewarding part of your job:

Seeing all of the patrons being moved/stunned/delighted/transformed by opera at the Orpheum at performances.

What is something you do in your position that people might not expect:

I don’t think it’s unexpected, but I manage social media.

Your all-time favorite opera or theatrical production:

I loved our recent production of The Barber of Seville. So fun! Theatrically, Billy Elliot is one of my all-time favorites, and I would kill to see Hamilton on Broadway.

Your unofficial position in the company:

Resident Snacker

Your secret talent:

I don’t like to brag, but I’m pretty awesome at writing song parodies and jingles.

Create a super-hero persona based on your position in the company:

The juggler. I think marketers are always juggling a lot of projects and nonprofit arts just bump that up to the next level.

Outside of the office you can be found doing…:

Walking my Bernese Mountain Dog, Finley, playing volleyball with my friends, dining with my husband, watching garbage reality television.