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Kevin Rich





​Theatre artist
​& Educator

ABOUT 

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Kevin Rich is a theatre artist and educator living in Boulder, Colorado.

Holding a BA in Theatre & Religious Studies from Grinnell College and an MFA from Yale School of Drama, Kevin's primary interests lie in the intersection of theatre & community and the development of new work inspired by our classics.

He served as Artistic Director of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival from 2012-2017 where, in addition to producing and directing vibrant, imaginative productions of Shakespeare's plays, he created a new work initiative leading 
to productions of Failure: A Love Story by Philip Dawkins, Love's Labor's Won by Scott Kaiser, and two Hip-Hop Shakespeare adaptations, Q Gents and I Heart Juliet, by the internationally-acclaimed Q Brothers.  He also co-created a new Halloween tradition, ShakesFEAR, with director Andy Park.

​Currently on faculty and Director of Applied Shakespeare at the University of Colorado Boulder, Kevin is helping design curriculum and develop projects in the field of Applied Shakespeare.

Kevin is a member of Actors' Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA and a Certified Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®.

Please click on the bars above to learn more about Kevin's work as a director, actor, playwright and educator, and see below for information about recent and upcoming projects.



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May 2023: Directing Much Ado About Nothing at the  Colorado Shakespeare Festival.

​RECENT
October 2022: Produced and co-directed ShakesFEAR: An Autumn's Tale at the  University of Colorado Boulder.

August 2022: Actor/Manager for the Original Practices production of The Alchemist for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.

July 2022: Played Henry Condell in Book of Will and the Duke in Two Gentlemen of Verona for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.

October 2021: Creative Director for ShakesFEAR at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre.

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August 2021: Actor/Manager for the Original Practices production of Pericles for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.

May 2021: Played Jan in Small Mouth Sounds for Arvada Center Black Box Repertory Company.

January 2020: Played Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express  and understudied Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream for Arvada Center Black Box Repertory Company.

September 2019: Directed The Tempest for CSF in the Schools.

September 2019: Directed Romeo & Juliet for CSF in the Schools.

August 2019: Short play Eight Twenty-Eight was produced by Titan Theatre Company for the 44th Annual Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival.

August 2019: 
Actor/Manager for the Original Practices production of King John for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. 

​​July 2019: Directed King Charles III: A Future History Play by Mike Bartlett for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. 
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March 2019: Directed Falstaff in Love by Scott Kaiser for the University of Colorado Boulder.

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September 2018: Directed Macbeth for CSF in the Schools.

September 2018: Directed Twelfth Night for CSF in the Schools.

August 2018: Actor/Manager for the Original Practices production of Edward III for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. 

July 2018: Directed The Winter's Tale for the American Shakespeare Center.

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April 2018: Directed Lord of the Flies for Nebraska Repertory Theatre.

​March 2018: Directed 
Comedy of Errors for the University of Colorado Boulder.

February 2018: Outreach Tour for 
CU Boulder Dept of Theatre and Dance

July 2017: Directed I Heart Juliet by the Q Brothers Collective for Illinois Shakespeare Festival.



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