COMING UP...: SPRING 2012 Kel will direct the world premiere of MARCH by Sharyn Rothstein for Red Fern Theatre Company.
October 20-22 2011 Kel directs Episode 5 of SEALAND (music, lyrics & book by Nathan Leigh & featuring The Bats) for #serials@theflea.
October 5-8 2011 Kel directs Clare Barron's HOT SQUID LOVE REVENGE WORST EVER (featuring Emily Bennett, Brandon Drea & Nana Mensah) for Youngblood's Asking for Trouble at Ensemble Studio Theatre.
August 18 2011 Kel directs a reading of Micheline Auger's THE FEMINISM OF A SOFT MERLOT (OR HOW THE DONKEY GOT PUNCHED) featuring Kieran Campion Tim McGeever, Wrenn Schmidt & Anna Van Valin for ESPA/ Primary Stages at 59E59.
August 18-20 2011 Kel directs ...SEALAND: Episode 4 (book, lyrics & music by Nathan Leigh) for #serials@theflea.
August 11-13 2011 Kel co-directs (with Erin Roberts) ...SEALAND...: Episode 3 (book, music lyrics by Nathan Leigh) for #serials@theflea.
July 28-30 2011 Kel directs ...SEALAND...: Episode 2 (book, music lyrics by Nathan Leigh; featuring Ugo Anyanwu, Katherine Folk-Sullivan, Eric Folks, Maren Langdon, Joann Sacco & Dominic Spillane) for #serials@theflea.
July 21-23 2011 Kel directs ...SEALAND...: Episode 1 (book, music lyrics by Nathan Leigh; featuring Maren Langdon, Kate Michauld, Joann Sacco & Dominic Spillane) for #serials@theflea.
July 16 2011 Kel begins leading post-show discussions for MTC's production of MASTER CLASS on Broadway.
July 11 2011 Kel directs a reading of Samantha Chanse's BROKEN HOUSE (featuring Suzanne Barbetta, Jackie Chung, Jo Mei, Maureen Sebastian & David Shih) for Ma-Yi Wrtiers Lab.
June 23-25 2011 Kel directs THE MEMOIRIST: Episode 3 (written by Nick Jones; featuring Alex Herrald, Georgia X. Lifsher, Katherine Folk-Sullivan, Tommy Crawford & Sade Namei) as part of #serials@TheFlea.
June 20 2011 Kel curates an evening of new work by Micheline Auger, Stephen Graybill, Daniel McCabe, Eugene Oh & Emily Chadick Wiess as part of BEginnings for the BE Company.
June 18 2011 Kel directs a reading of Samuel Brett Williams' REVELATION (featuring Luke Forbes, Janna Emig, Desmon Borges & Jessika Doyle) as part of Partial Comfort's retreat.
June 17 2011 Kel directs a reading of Jonathan Ceniceroz's HOLE IN THE BOY (featuring Desmin Borges, Luke Forbes, Louis Changchien, Jo Mei, Jeff Wilburn & Brenda Withers) as part of Partial Comfort's retreat.
June 16 - 18 2011 Kel directs THE MEMOIRIST: Episode 2 (written by Nick Jones, featuring Alex Herrald, Katherine Folk-Sullivan, Michael Micalizzi, Ahmad Maaty, Tommy Crawford, Sade Namei, Michael Goldlist & Andres Pina) as part of #serials@theflea: cycle 3. (Click here for tickets and more info!)
June 3 2011 Kel directs Jonathan Caren's THE MOTHERF*CKER WITH THE SOCIAL LIFE (produced by Adam Blanshay, featuring Celeste Arias, Tre Davis, Nathaniel Kent & Ariel Woodiwiss) at the Old Vic, as part of the TS Eliot US/UK Exchange showcase.
May 16 2011 Kel assists Lynne Meadow on Manhattan Theatre Club's Spring Gala.
May 6-7 2011 Kel wins an Honorable Mention for her direction of AT LOON LAKE. Actors Scott Sowers & Sue Berch both win Honorable Mentions for their performances.
May 6-7 2011 AT LOON LAKE plays for two encore performances as a finalist in the 15 Minute Play Festival.
May 1 2011 Kel directs GREAT AUNTIE MIM (written by Angela Hanks, feaaturing Robert Askins & Debbie Lee Jones) as part of Youngblood's "Confession Brunch" at EST.
April 29 2011 AT LOON LAKE is selected as a Finalist for the 15 Minute Play Festival.
April 29 2011 Kel directs Kirby Fields's AT LOON LAKE (featuring Sue Berch, Dave Thomas Brown, Jeffrey Nauman & Scott Sowers) as part of the 17th Annual 15 Minute Play Festival at the American Globe Theatre.
April 5 2011 The Old Vic New Voices’ TS Eliot US/UK Exchange "Artistic Teams" are created: Kel will be collaborating with playwright Jonathan Caren, producer Adam Blanshay, and actors Celeste Arias, W. Tre Davis, Nathaniel Kent & Ariel J. Woodiwiss on an original piece to be performed at the Old Vic in London.
April 4 2011 Kel is selected to participate in the Old Vic New Voices’ TS Eliot US/UK Exchange ("the ultimate transatlantic city swap for London and New York’s top young actors, writers, directors and producers").
April 1-3 2011 Kel directs 9-year-old Alex Malan's THE DEAD MAN (featuring Betsy Aidem as a 15-year-old orphan named Dane & Ruy Iskandar as a 19-year-old king named Lief) as part of The 52nd Street Projects Spring Playmaking Shows, "Whaddaya Need? Plays Made to Order."
March 21 2011 Kel assists Lynne Meadow on a reading of TENDER (written by Kelly Younger; featuring Kate Jennings Grant, Peter Michael Goetz & David Harbour) as part of Manhattan Theatre Club's 7@7Series.
March 13 2011 Kel directs a reading of HOW MAY I HELP YOU? (written by Mrinalini Kamath; featuring Stephen Mitchell Brown, Carl Cofield, Andrew Garman, Steve Hauck, Jennifer Lim, Rory Lipede, Ethan Matthews & Priya Soni) as part of Ma-Yi Writers Lab Reading Series.
March 11-13 2011 Kel travels to Bridgehampton with the 52nd Street Project to dramaturg/direct a new play by 10 year-old, Alex Malan.
March 7 2011 Kel assistant directs for Lynne Meadow on a reading of CARL'S SISTER (written by Alfred Urhy; featuring Boyd Gaines & Julie White ) as part of Manhattan Theatre Club's 7@7 Series.
February 10 2011 Kel directs a reading of THE FEMINISM OF A SOFT MERLOT or How the Donkey Got Punched (written by Micheline Auger; featuring Jessica Almasy, Brian Hastert, Daniel Pearce, Jessica Pohly & Erika Sheffler) as part of 15th FLOOR SALON READING SERIES 2011 at Primary Stages Studio.
January 27th -February 12th 2011 Kel serves as Artistic Producer on GENTRIFUSION: an installation of new work at The Red Fern Theatre Company.
January 13 2011 THE WHIPPING MAN starts previews at NY City Center Stage 1.
January 2 2011 Kel directs THE INNOCENT (written by Erica Saleh; featuring Jackie Chung, Jared McGuire & Megan Tusing) in EST/Youngblood's BRUNCH OF THE LIVING DEAD.
December 14th 2010 Kel starts rehearsals (as assistant director to Doug Hughes) on THE WHIPPING MAN (written by Matthew Lopez; featuring Andre Braugher, Andre Holland & Jay Wilkison) at Manhattan Theatre Club.
December 9th - 11th 2010 Kel directs THE FIREMAN'S DILEMMA (written by Anna Moench; featuring Shyko Amos, Geneva Carr, Kristin Griffith, Nedra McClye & Robbie Sublett) in EST/Youngblood's ASKING FOR TROUBLE.
November 14th-15th Kel assistant directs BLISS (directed by Lynne Meadow; written by Lynn Nottage; featuring Saffron Burrows, Michael Ealy, MuMs Grant & Sarah Silverman) in the 24 HOUR PLAYS ON BROADWAY.
November 7 2010 Kel directs MIDNIGHT IN THE ALLEY OF ONE DREAM (book/lyrics by Mira Gibson & music by Eric March; featuring Samantha Cadona (from the 52nd Street Project), Kibibi Dillon, Jenny Gomez, Shawn Randall & Megan Tusing) in EST/Youngblood’s BRUNCH TO THE FUTURE.
October 21 2010 GOOD EGG (by Dorothy Fortenberry; featuring Andrea Day & Dan McCabe) starts performances at LABA Theatre at the 14th Street Y. Running through November 7th.
APRIL 26, 2010 As EST's Intern Lab Director, Kel mentors the EST Spring Interns (Ivan Anderson, Laurel Elliott, Megan Kosmoski, Heather Lanza, Kate Pressman & Madison Walsh) as they present their showcase, TUNNEL VISION (conceived, written, directed, designed, and produced by the EST Interns).
APRIL 23, 2010 Kel directs a concert reading of EXCHANGES (music by Michael Kooman, book & lyrics by Matt Schatz; featuring Shauna Goodgold, Liam Rhodes, Vanessa Reseland & Kevin White), as commishioned by the American Cancer Society of Altoona, performed at their APRIL IN PARIS Gala event.
March 22, 2010 Kel begins teaching Dramatic Writing as part of Stepping Stones Children's Museum/Norwalk Housing Authority's After-School Program.
March 9, 2010 Kel directs a reading of Ken Urban's THE FEMALE TERRORIST PROJECT (featuring Cindy Cheung, Andrea Day, Greta Lee, Tim McGeever, Nurit Monacelli, Shetal Shah & Nandita Shenoy) as part of Direct Arts' Take Two Series.
March 7, 2010 Kel directed ORSON IN THE UNDERGROUND (music, lyrics & book by Eric March; featuring Emily Bennett, Paul Coffey, Stephen Ellis Joshua Joya, Jeffrey Nauman & Madison Walsh) in EST/Youngblood's Mythology Brunch.
February 7, 2010 Kel directs PITY PARTY (written by Emily Chadick Weiss; featuring Geneva Carr, Katie Kreisler, with special appeareances by Ivan Anderson, Paul Coffey, Laurel Elliott, Stephen Graybill, Anna Kerrigan & Megan Kosmoski) in EST/Youngblood's Dumped Brunch.
January 9, 2010 Kel directs the final episode of Dustin Chinn's LET'S NINJA SCIENCE RANGER TEAM GET! (featuring Darian Dauchan, Matthew Harris, Andrew Krug, Greta Lee, Eugene Oh, Shawn Randall, Bonnie Sherman, Temar Underwood & Terrell Wheeler) as part of Vampire Cowboys Saturday Night Saloon.
January 3, 2010 Kel remounts Robert Askins' NEWS OF THE END OF THE WORLD (original cast) as part of EST/Youngblood's Fight Brunch.
January 2010 Kel joins the staff of Ensemble Studio Theatre as Intern Lab Director.
December 19, 2009 Kel directs NEWS OF THE END OF THE WORLD (written by Robert Askins, fights by Qui Nguyen, featuring Jessie Barr, Joachim Boyle, Paul Coffey, Tim McGeever, Jacob Murphy & Amy Staats) as part of The Brick's FIGHT FEST.
December 11 - 13, 2009 Kel directs WORLD TRAVELER AND SWIMMER BOY (written by Cassidy Capstick; featuring Kenajuan Bentley & Alexis McGuinness) in the 52nd Street Project's Fall Playmaking Show, ALL GOOD THINGS: THE PATIENT PLAYS (the inaugural production at The Five Angels Theater)
December 6, 2009 Kel directs GIFT OF THE INGRATES, or CHRISTMAS EXITS (written by Nikole Beckwith; featuring Mattie Hawkinson, Jared McGuire, Ann Talman & Daniel Ziskie) in EST Youngblood's Holiday Brunch.
November 13, 2009 Kel directs a reading of Jon Kern's TELEFONESIS: THE ART OF MENTAL MURDER (featuring Nikole Beckwith, Lucia Brizzi, Man Narayan, Jon Norman Schneider, Paco Tolson & Adria Vitlar) at New Dramatists.
November 7 - 8th, 2009 Kel directs a reading of Ken Mandel's DEATH OF AN ENGINEER (featuring Ed Boroevich, Chris Ceraso, Debbie Lee Jones, Ian Lake, Jacob Murphy & Vanessa Reseland) as part of EST's OctoberFest.
November 4 - 5, 2009 Kel directs a reading of Jane Chotard Wheeler's GUSTIE RETURNS An EST/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Project Commission (featuring Julie Fitzpatrick, Sam Freed, David Gelles Hurwitz & Leslie Lyles) as part of EST's Octoberfest.
November 1, 2009 Kel directs I WANT A THREESOME (BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE) (written by Kyoung H. Park; featuring Steven Boyer, Bobby Moreno & Diana Ruppe) in EST/Youngblood's Erotic Brunch.
October 23 – 24th, 2009 Kel directs a reading of Laura Maria Censabella’s INTERVIEWING MISS DAVIS (featuring Delphi Harrington, Risa Sarachan & Adria Vitlar) as part of EST’s OctoberFest. October 23rd @ 7 PM; October 24th @ 5 PM.
October 23, 2009 Kel directs A TRAIL TO LIONS (created and performed by Kit Bihun & Jennifer Gomez, narrated by Jon Levenson, Multimedia by Geovanny Salas, assistant directed by Harmony Ingrahm) as part of Ars Nova's ANT FEST 2009.
October 19, 2009 Kel directs a reading of Dorothy Fortenberry's THE GOOD EGG (featuring Andrea Day & Steven Boyer) as part of The Red Fern Theatre Company's Dark Night series.
October 15, 2009 Kel directs a reading of Eugene Oh's A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS (featuring Tim Cain, Ashleigh Catsos, Andrea Day, Vedant Gokhale, Stephen Ellis & Maureen Sebastian) as part of the Ma0Yi Writers' Lab series.
October 23rd – 24th 2009 Kel directs a reading of Laura Maria Censabella’s INTERVIEWING MISS DAVIS as part of EST’s OctoberFest. October 23rd @ 7 PM; October 24th @ 5 PM. Click here for details.
October 10, 2009 Kel directs a reading of Mrinalini Kamath’s WHITE KNIGHT (featuring William Connell, Sam Ghosh, Jacob Murphy, Alfredo Narcisco, Nandita Shenoy & Nitya Vidyasagar) as part of the Ma-Yi Writers’ Lab series.
October 8 - 10, 2009 Kel directs THE BOOTY (by Kyoung H. Park, featuring Denny Bess, Ann Talman & Thomas Lyons) in EST/ Youngblood’s ASKING FOR TROUBLE.
October 4 2009 Kel directs THE LOOKOUT (by Emily Chadick Weiss; music by Matt Schatz; featuring Robert Askins, Joshua Joya, Eileen Rivera, Lance Rubin & Maureen Sebastian) as part of the EST/Youngblood Brunch, in partnership with the 52nd Street Project. Click here for details.
September 26, 2009 Kel collaborates with Robin Rice Lichtig & Signe Harriday as part of New Georges PERFORM-A-THON, REIMAGINED.
September 12 - September 27 2009 Kel directs SLOPPY SECOND CHANCES (written by Mrinalini Kamath; featuring Vedant Gokhale & Nandita Shenoy) as part of Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Going to the River festival. Click here to see an interview with Kel & Mrinalini. Click here to purchase tickets.
July 19 - August 2 2009 Kel heads to the Southampton Writer’s Conference with Ensemble Studio Theatre. Her collaborations include directing a developmental reading of Erica Saleh’s RETURNING HOME (featuring Abigail Gampel, Jared McGuire, Grant Shaud, Scott Sowers & Megan Tusing).
July 19 2009 WE SEMI-SOLIDS has an encore performance as a Finalist in Sam French.
July 14 2009 Kel remounts WE SEMI-SOLIDS MELT INTO AIR (written by Jon Kern; featuring Marguerite French, James Murtaugh, Thomas Lyons & Jay Patterson) as part of the 33rd Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Play Festival.
June 17-28 2009 Kel directs three pieces (CLOSING UP SHOP by Carla Ching, WHAT’S IN STORE by Rehana Mirza & ONE DOLLAR BOX by Eugene Oh; featuring Tim Cain, Cindy Cheung, Andrew Guilarte, Kavi Ladnier, Christopher Larkin & Jay Lee) in Despinia & Company’s final year of Seven.11 Convenience Theatre. See the photos here.
June 24 2009 Kel directs a reading of GUSTIE RETURNS (by Jane Chotard Wheeler; featuring Dana Acheson, Steven Boyer, Jay Patterson & Janet Zarish) as part of Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Memberfest.
May 27 2009 Kel directs RETURNING HOME (written by Erica Saleh; featuring Paul Downs Colaizzo, Andrea Mauella, William Peden, Joanna Simmons & R.J. Tolan) in EST/ Youngblood’s Bloodworks.
May 6 2009 Kel directs DADDY SODA (written by Mira Gibson; featuring Abigail Gampel, Bailey Noble, Scott Sowers, Lance Rubin, Megan Tusing) in EST/ Youngblood’s Bloodworks. Go to www.youngbloodnyc.org for more details.
May 3 2009 Kel directs THE GREATEST NIGHT OF OUR LIVES (by Robert Askins; featuring Edward Boroevich, Jacob Murphy & Claire Siebers) in the final EST/Youngblood Brunch of the season.
April 5, 2009 Kel directs HOME GAMES (written by Erica Saleh, featuring Denny Bess, Abigail Gampel & Katie Schorr) in EST/Youngblood’s Brunch. Go to www.youngbloodnyc.org for more details.
March 21, 2009 Kel directs ENTER LOLA (written by Molly Thomas; featuring Erin Roberts) in Where Eagles Dare’s One Page Play Festival.
March 1, 2009 Kel directs WE SEMI-SOLIDS MELT INTO AIR (written by Jon Kern; featuring James Murtaugh, Thomas Lyons, Jane Pfitsch & Dan Ziskie) in EST Youngblood Brunch.
January 15th - February 8th, 2009 Kel directs the world premiere of Lawrence Dial’s HOLLOW LOG (featuring Joachim Boyle, Andrew Kaempfer, Erin Roberts, & Matt Yeager) for Peter Kay/Illumination Productions. Click here for photos from the show!
January 23 - 31st, 2009 Kel directs THE CONTAINER (written by Emily Conbere, featuring Jack Perry & Joanna Simmons) as part of Horse Trade Productions’ BROKEN DOG LEGS AND OTHER PLAYS.
January 4th, 2009 Kel directs THE RED WHITE AND BLUE PROCESS (written by Mira Gibson; featuring Julie Leedes, Audrey Lynn Weston & J.J. Kandel) in EST Youngblood Brunch.
December 7, 2008 Kel directs UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN by Robert Askins featuring Steven Boyer, Jenny Gomez & Paul Downs Colaizzo in EST Youngblood Brunch.
November 8, 2008 Kel remounts Emily Conbere’s SLAPPED ACTRESS (original cast intact - with cameos by Alana Barrett, Mordecai Lawner, Polly Lee, Johnny Pruitt, & Mike Smith Rivera) as part of Hearth Gods, No. XVIII at Jimmy’s in the East Village.
November 2 - 22, 2008 Kel serves an associate producer on EST’s OctoberFest
October 27, 2008 Kel & Gabriel Davis begin teaching their weekly PLAYMAKING class at Westport Country Playhouse.
October 21 - 25, 2008 Kel directs AN EXAMPLE OF FORGETTING (written by Erica Saleh; featuring Havilah Brewster, Helen Farmer, & Caroline Tamas) for Youngblood’s Asking for Trouble, featured in EST’s OctoberFest.
October 21 - 25, 2008 Kel directs SLAPPED ACTRESS (written by Emily Conbere; featuring Stephen Ellis, Jane Pfitsch, & Ellen Mareneck) for Youngblood’s Asking for Trouble, featured in EST’s OctoberFest.
September 2008 Kel is selected as a Director in Residence for Ensemble Studio Theatre’s 2008-2009 Season.
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