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KYLE LEWIS
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
  • 30+ years of experience as a director, acting coach, theatre educator, and artistic leader.
  • MFA in Directing — Arizona State University, Herberger College of the Arts.
  • BFA in Musical Theatre/Education — Weber State University.
  • Artistic Director / Director of Theatre, Utah Arts Academy — 2012–Present.
  • Freelance Acting Coach for Film, Television & Stage — 2015–Present.
  • Coaching work represented on Apple TV+, Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, Amazon, and The CW.
  • Extensive experience coaching film/television auditions, musical theatre, Shakespeare, contemporary text, scenes, monologues, and on-camera performance.
  • Training and practice encompassing Stanislavski, Meisner, Chekhov, Hagen, Strasberg, Viewpoints, Suzuki, Rasaboxes, Lecoq, Spolin, and Michael Shurtleff.
  • Advanced professional training with the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, SITI Company, One Yellow Rabbit, and intensive work in Lecoq, Rasaboxes, and Period Style.
  • Former Artistic Director, Salt Lake Shakespeare.
  • Former President, Utah Theatre Association.
  • Former State Theatre Coordinator, Utah High School Activities Association.
  • Students have earned 50+ awards at the Utah Shakespeare Festival High School Shakespeare Competition, including first-place honors in Individual Events, Ensemble, and Sweepstakes.
  • Students have earned 40+ Regional and State Theatre Competition awards, including first-place honors in Individual Events, One-Act Play, and Sweepstakes.
  • 150 + Directing credits including Hadestown, Macbeth, Les Misérables, The Tempest, Hamlet, The Threepenny Opera, West Side Story, The Crucible, Metamorphoses, Urinetown, Shakespeare in Love, and numerous original/devised works.
  • Recipient of the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival Region VIII Meritorious Achievement in Directing.
  • Professional member of: 

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