Colleen Kelly*

Colleen Kelly is the Director of Education and Research at the American Shakespeare Center and teaches in the MLitt/MFA Shakespeare Program at Mary Baldwin College. Previous work with the ASC includes directing the 2006/2007 touring production of Julius Caesar and co-directing the 2002/2003 touring production of The Taming of the Shrew. Colleen has also served as movement coach, dance choreographer, and fight director for several ASC touring and resident productions. Colleen has taught at the University of San Diego/Old Globe Theatre, the University of Virginia, and served as head of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s MFA/Professional Actor Training Program. Colleen holds BS and MA degrees from Eastern Michigan University and an MFA from Ohio University. She is a member of Actors’ Equity, a Founding Board Member of the Association of Theatre Movement Educators, and a past vice president of the Society of American Fight Directors. Colleen has worked professionally as an actor, director, fight director, and dance choreographer for theatres such as Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center, Milwaukee Rep, Dallas Theatre Center, The Old Globe, and La Jolla Playhouse. Film credits include dance choreography for Sommersby and fight direction for the PBS series Tell About the South.