About

Tree Fort Productions Projects is a not-for-profit 501c3 with a mission to bring enrichment to all through the performing arts with services to the community that encourage participation from youth, teens, adults and seniors in our education and activities programs

​Tree Fort Productions Studio Theatre
​3501 South Tamiami Tr.
 Sarasota, FL 34239
Enter at the Chico’s door directly between Connor’s and Aldi (Suite #136)

Artistic Director- Katherine Michelle Tanner

Katherine Michelle Tanner is originally from Hastings, Minnesota, and lives in Sarasota, Florida as an actor, playwright, singer, director, filmmaker, choreographer, photographer, and teaching artist.  She received her B.A. triple major in Theatre, Dance, and Education from St. Olaf College and her M.F.A. in Acting from Florida State University’s Asolo Theatre Conservatory.  Katherine’s passion for performance has taken her from Broadway to Regional Theatre, from Film to Television and from Country to Country.  

She is best known for her multi-award-winning performance of the one-woman play The Amish Project (Off Broadway and US Tour). Regional theatre favorite roles include Proof, August Osage County, Hamlet,, Metamorphoses, Suddenly Last Summer, The Drowning Girls, Nineteen, The Glass Menagerie, Gidion’s Knot, The Last Five Years, Charm, A Doll’s House, Picasso’s Women and many more.  Films include Bridge to The Other Side, Waiting on Mary, The Darndest Things, 15 Minutes of Faye, A Chance to Live, and Respire Mon Amie. Television Diamond’s Along the Highway on PBS.

Katherine has directed the films The New Girl,
The Holocaust Project; 44 feature documentaries of survivors, The Crimson Cloak, Living Losing Loving, and the upcoming documentary, Kai Haaskivi: A Soccer Story.

Katherine recently won the Playwriting competition at CLUTCH Productions in NY for her suffragist musical Nineteen. She has written and composed the plays/musicals Mann’s Last Dance, Shakespeare’s Lovers, The Women of Broadway, Recipe for the Holiday, Nineteen, Echoes, Idiot Servant, Thumbelina, The Little Match Girl, Pippi Longstocking, and The Enchanted Toy Shop. 

Katherine is the owner and Artistic Director of Tree Fort Productions Projects, a not-for-profit 501c3 Production Company with a Mainstage of Professional Theatre, and Tree Fort Productions Studio an award-winning production company and training studio for actors, dancers, singers, directors, writers, musicians and filmmakers of all ages.

Katherinemichelletanner.com
Treefortproductionsprojects.com
Treefortproductions.com