Kel has directed and developed new work with such theatres as Manhattan Theatre Club, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Ars Nova, Cherry Lane Theatre, The Flea, Partial Comfort Productions, New Dramatists, New Georges, The Directors Company, 52nd Street Project, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Youngblood, Vampire Cowboys, 3Graces, Red Fern Theatre Company, Emerging Artists Theatre, Desipina & Company, NY Fringe Festival and Westport Country Playhouse. 

 

She has collaborated with such playwrights as Robert Askins, Micheline Auger, Clare Barron, Nikole Beckwith, Jonathan Caren, Jonthan Ceniceroz, Laura Maria Censabella, Samantha Chanse, Carla Ching, Dustin Chinn, Naveen Behar Choudhury, Emily Conbere, Joshua Conkel, Kirby Fields, Dorothy Fortenberry, Mira Gibson, Nick Jones, Eric March, Anna Moench, Rehana Mirza, Mrinalini Kamath, Jon Kern, Patrick Link, Janine Nabers, Kyoung H. Park, Sharyn Rothstein, Erica Saleh, Matt Schatz, Crystal Skillman, Emily Chadick Weiss, Samuel Brett Williams and composers Michael Kooman & Nathan Leigh.

 

Kel has held assistantships with Doug Hughes, Lynne Meadow, Joanne Woodward & Charlotte Moore, among others. She has served as an a member of Lincoln Center Directors Lab, Ensemble Studio Theatre Director in Residence, 2011 TS Eliot US/UK Exchange, and Jonathan Alper Directing Fellowship at Manhattan Theatre Club.

CURRENT PROJECTS:

Kel is...

... assistant directingt the Broadway debut of WIT (directed by Lynne Meadow; featuring Cynthia Nixon) at Manhattan Theatre Club's Friedman Theatre. Previews begin in January 2012.

... directing the world premiere of a new play for Red Fern Theatre Company (official announcement to come!) in April 2012.

... currently directing more episodes of the musical extravaganza that is SEALAND for serials@theflea October 20th-November 5th.

 

Full-production directing credits include:

INTERVIEWING MISS DAVIS (Ensemble Studio Theatre/Marathon 2010) ~ GOOD EGG (Red Fern Theatre Company)  ~ SLOPPY SECOND CHANCES (Ensemble Studio Theatre/ Going to the River) ~ PARENT TEACHER (Cherry Lane Theatre) 11. CONVENIENCE THEATRE (Desipina & Company)  ~ HAPPY GIRL (The Directors Company) ~ THE MOVEMENTS OF THE WIND (The Directors Company) ~ 7.ELEVEN: CONVENIENCE THEATRE (Despinia & Co.) ~ WATER AND DISCARDED HAIR (Emerging Artists Theatre) ~ VAMP (Emerging Artists Theatre) • NAGASAKI (Emerging Artists Theatre) • THE CONTAINER (Horse Trade Productions) • …CATEGORIES (NY Fringe Festival) ~ HOLLOW LOG (Peter Kay/ Illumination) • SNAKEBIT (Improbable Fiction) • THE HEIDI CHRONICLES (Arcadia University, guest director).

Selected workshop directing credits:

THE INNOCENT, FIREMAN'S DILEMMA, MIDNIGHT IN THE ALLEY..., ORSON IN THE UNDERGROUND, PITY PARTY, I WANT A THREESOME (BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE), NEWS OF THE END OF THE WORLD (also at The Brick), THE BOOTY, THE LOOKOUT, GREATEST NIGHT OF OUR LIVES, WE SEMI-SOLIDS MELT INTO AIR (also a 2009 Samuel French Festival Finalist), THE RED,WHITE, AND BLUE PROCESS, UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN, EXAMPLE OF FORGETTING and SLAPPED ACTRESS (All with Youngblood/Ensemble Studio Theatre) ~ A TRAIL TO LIONS (Ars Nova/ANT Festival) ~ LET'S NINJA SCIENCE RANGER GET! (Vampire Cowboys) ~ PERFORM-A-THON, REIMAGINED (New Georges) ~ HAPPY GIRL, THE MOVEMENTS OF THE WIND (both with The Directors Company) ~ PHYSICS OF LOVE (Fresh Fruit Festival) ~ DICK (Manhattan Theatre Source) ~   EXCHANGES (music by Michael Kooman/book & lyrics by Matt Schatz/ American Cancer Society Gala)

Selected assistant directing credits include:

THE WHIPPING MAN (Manhattan Theatre Club: Doug Hughes, director - Jonathan Alper Directing Fellowship) ~ INHERIT THE WIND (Broadway: Doug Hughes director — SDCF Observership) ~ 24 HOUR PLAYS ON BROADWAY (American Airlines Theatre: Lynne Meadow, director) ~ THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING (Westport Country Playhouse: Joanne Woodward, director) ~ FINIAN'S RAINBOW (Westport Country Playhouse: Charlotte Moore, director)