Colloquium: “Theater That Builds Bridges, Theater That Chronicles Our Time”

KJ is a director, actor, and playwright. She has directed Off-Broadway: ReEntry at Urban Stages and Unity 1918 by Kevin Kerr at the Gene Frankel Theater, The world Kristoffer Diaz’s The Upstairs Concierge at The Goodman in Chicago and The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity at Actors premiere of Theatre of Louisville, and others. She is the director, co-author and producer of ReEntry, performed at theaters across the country and abroad. As a playwright, KJ’s been produced at Berkeley Rep, Playmakers Rep, Asolo Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Two River Theater Company, Baltimore’s Center Stage, Frontera Rep, Round House, Cornerstone Theater Company and Off-Broadway at Urban Stages and Here Arts. As an actor, she performed across the country including the Brooklyn Academy of Music and internationally. KJ is a Fox Fellow, Douglass Wallop Fellow, and a recipient of the 2014 Rella Lossy Playwright Award. She is an Associate Artist with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and The Civilians as well as a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect.