Katie Melby is a theatre and puppetry artist, originally hailing from South Dakota, who became an ASMR content creator during the pandemic (Melby ASMR on TikTok and YouTube). She is co-Artistic Director of 3 Sticks, a physical theatre company dedicated to making new work, that she co-founded after graduating from the Lecoq-based London International School of Performing Arts in 2005. Their work has been presented across the US, Canada, and Japan as well as Ars Nova, Dixon Place, and Governors Island Art Fair in NYC. Her credits include Basil Twist’s Rite of Spring (Lincoln Center) and Sister’s Follies (Abrons Art Center), Mabou Mines’ La Davina Caricatura (La Mama), The Cat Who Went to Heaven (Brooklyn Academy of Music), l’Arbre Enchanté (Fire Island Opera Festival), Firebird (Chilean Tour), American Weather (HERE Arts Center), The Disappearing Man (Musical Theatre Factory) and numerous productions with Back Room Shakespeare Project. She is also a member of BREAD Arts Collective, and a co-founder of the Brooklyn arts space Cloud City.