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Where She Wants to Be: Katie Webber is Back in the Robe for 'Chess'

Katie Webber poses in the Robe onstage, the house visible behind her.

Photo by Jeffrey Bateman.

Name: Katie Webber

Show: Chess

Opening Night: November 16, 2025

Hometown: Santa Cruz, California

Broadway Debut: Wicked, 2005

Professional Training: "BA in Dance from San Jose University. But my best training came from my hometown dance teacher Elaine McCarty of Elaine's Dance Studio!"

Year Joined: 2005

How I Got My Equity Card: “When I lived in California, I went (as a non-union member) to the ECC for Wicked in LA. Six months later I received a call that I got the job on Broadway and they would need me to start days later. I packed a suitcase, got on a plane, and never looked back! That's how I got my Equity card!”

Katie Webber wears the Robe while hugging Lea Michele in a dressing room.

Webber with Lea Michele. Photo by Jeffrey Bateman.

Webber's back is visible as she stretches out her arms in the Robe, holding flowers in one hand, in a dressing room, towards about seven castmates who look thrilled.

Webber blesses her castmates in their dressing room. Photo by Jeffrey Bateman.

Webber stands onstage wearing the Robe, surrounded by about 27 posing castmates.

Webber with the cast of Chess. Photo by Jeffrey Bateman.

Watch the video of the ceremony.