​Tree Fort Productions is an award winning production company and training studio.  We specialize in classes for Youth, Teens, Adults and Ongoing Education.  Our quality training in Acting, Singing, Dancing, Film and Photography allows all to explore their passion in a safe and supportive environment.  As a production studio, we enjoy bringing your creative project to life.  From audiobooks, to documentary films or touring cabaret shows to directing Newsies.  We help you make it happen. Contact us for more information.  
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#941.544.2276
Located in The Crossings Mall
3501 South Tamiami Trail Suite #136
Sarasota Florida, 34239

Tree Fort Productions

"We truly are performing arts at their very best!"

Artist 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 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 recently won the Playwriting competition at CLUTCH Productions in NY for her suffragist musical NINETEEN. She has written and composed the plays/musicals Shakespeare’s Lovers, NINETEEN Echoes, Idiot Servant, Thumbelina, The Little Match Girl, Pippi Longstocking, and The Enchanted Toy Shop.  She has written and directed the films The Crimson Cloak, Living Losing Loving and the documentary Pay Attention. She holds a B.A. triple major from St. Olaf College and M.F.A in Acting from Florida State University’s Asolo Theatre Conservatory.  Katherine is owner and Artistic Director of Tree Fort Productions an award winning production company and training studio for actors, dancers, singers, directors, writers, musicians and filmmakers of all ages.