kb saine director, producer, author & educator [email protected] Education MFA Theatre Pedagogy/Directing, Virginia Commonwealth University 2002 BA English/Secondary Education, West Virginia Wesleyan College 1998 Virginia Commonwealth Education Certification: Theatre Arts (PreK-12), English (6-12) Professional Afliations Black Theatre Network, Theatre Communications Group, South Eastern Theatre Conference, Virginia Theatre Association, West Virginia Thespians Professional Experience 1999-2014 Director. TheatreLAB, Sycamore Rouge, Greenbrier Valley Theatre, The Richmond Triangle Players, Theatre IV/Theatre Gym, The Barksdale Theatre, Firehouse Theatre Project, TheatreVirginia, Yellow House Productions, Dogwood Dell, SPARC, Richmond Performing Arts Collective 2008-2013 Producing Artistic Director. Sycamore Rouge producer of five-show Mainstage Theatre Season, second-stage Six Blocks Series and 24 Hour Theatre Experience!s, music series, cabaret and burlesque productions for four seasons (productions include Nickel & Dimed; A Streetcar Named Desire; Read·y for Right; Inspecting Carol; Steal Away; Translations; Night of January 16; 40 Acres and a P.O.W.; Santaland Diaries and Season’s Greetings; Jar the Floor; The Crucible; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Concord, Virginia; The Velveteen Rabbit; Jitney; Art; The Odyssey; Simply Heavenly; Picasso at the Lapin Agile; Topdog/Underdog; Steel Magnolias; Our Town; Before It Hits Home; The Glass Menagerie; Twelfh Night) 2005-2008 Literary Manager/Director of Education. Sycamore Rouge 2006-2009 Playwright, Dramaturg. Professional work with individual playwrights Clay McLeod Chapman, Woody Eney, Matthew Shifflett; Sycamore Rouge, Yellow House Productions, Dallas Theatre Center 2005-2006 Public Relations and Marketing Associate. Petersburg Public Library Systems 2002 Public Relations Associate, Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Theatre 2001-2002 Executive Assistant to Dr. Noreen Barnes, Director of Graduate Studies. Virginia Commonwealth University 2001 Executive Assistant to Benny Ambush. TheatreVirginia 1999-2001 House Manager. TheatreVirginia 1999 Education&Outreach Associate. TheatreVirginia Dramaturg/Asst. Director, Technical Director. Dallas Theater Center/ Frank’s Place 1998 Carpenter. Dallas Theater Center Teaching Experience Academic 2013-current Assistant Professor: Introductory & Advanced Directing, Script Analysis, Playwriting, Theatre History I & II, various Acting courses. Davis & Elkins College 2010 Visiting Assistant Professor: Directing, Black Theatre Literature, Arts Management. West Virginia Wesleyan College 2006-2008 Theatre/Journalism/English Teacher, Petersburg High School (Virginia) 2006, 2007 Instructor. Drama Camp. Weinstein Jewish Community Center (Virginia) 2005 Instructor of Theatre, Acting. Virginia Commonwealth University (Virginia) 2004-1005 Instructor of Theatre, Acting I & II, Directing, Text Analysis, Voice and Movement. Wesleyan College (Georgia) 2002-2004 Drama Teacher. George Wythe High School for the Arts (Virginia) 2001-2002 Lead Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Dramatic Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University (Ron Keller, Professor) 2000-2006 Lecturer. Black Theatre/Minstrelsy; Gertrude Stein; Queer Theory; Pedagogical Practices; Directing Seminars, Virginia Commonwealth University Workshops 2016 “Text Analysis for Rehearsal Scheduling” and “Creating Meaning from Text” West Virginia Thespians Conference (Elkins) 2013 “Directing: Creating Pictures with People” West Virginia Thespians Conference (Charleston) 2009-2011 “Black Theatre: History & Minstrelsy” Bailey Bridge Middle School 2009 “Dramaturgy for Playwrights” SPARC, New Voices for the Theatre 2008 “College Auditions: Preparation and Presentation” Appomattox Regional Governors School, Petersburg 2008 “Theatre Techniques for the Core Classroom” In-School Training, English and History Departments, Petersburg Public School System 2007 “Successful Audition and Rehearsal Practices for the Young Professional” Orange High School 2007 “Basic Theatre and Acting” GirlForce, Petersburg YMCA 2006 “American History/ Blackface Minstrel Performance” Virginia Commonwealth University 2003 “Exploring Acting in Everyday Activities” Elk Hill Farm School 2002 “Drama for the Kinesthetic Classroom” Richmond Public Schools, New Teacher Training Workshop Week 2002 “Defining Dramaturgy” TheatreVirginia, New Voices for the Theatre 2001 “Instant Shakespeare” TheatreVirginia, New Voices for the Theatre 2000 “Movement for Teachers: Classroom Applications” Virginia’s Partners in the Arts Educator’s Day 1999 “Practicing Performing: Showmanship’s Theatre Games for Non-Actors” The Boy Scouts of America, Hawk Mountain Directing Experience Professional Productions The Altruists TheatreLAB Santaland Diaries Greenbrier Valley Theatre The Glass Menagerie, Topdog/Underdog, The Odyssey, Art, The Crucible, Santaland Diaries & Season’s Greetings, 40 Acres and a P.O.W, Steal Away, Read•y for Right, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, Stories I Aint Told Nobody Yet Sycamore Rouge Drinking Games: Undertow Yellow House Productions The Diaries of Adam and Eve; I’m Herbert!; Bea, Frank, Richie and Joan Dogwood Dell Vita and Virginia Richmond Triangle Players I Never… TheatreMachine Productions The Vagina Monologues Firehouse Theatre Project Cherry Docs Theatre IV/Theatre Gym A Celebration of the Works of Gertrude Stein The Barksdale Theatre Every Afernoon - He Said It - Look and Long What Happened - Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters The Odd Couple Dogwood Dell The Best Little Monkeys in the World Richmond Performing Arts Collective Academic Productions Tartuffe West Virginia Wesleyan College Check, Please Petersburg High School Cool Mike Petersburg High School Steal Away Wesleyan College Cootie Shots: Theatrical Inoculations Against Bigotry for Parents, Students, Teachers of Al Ages George Wythe High School for the Arts Stories I Ain’t Told Nobody Yet George Wythe High School for the Arts Spring One-Act Festival George Wythe High School for the Arts The Philadelphia – Someplace to Be - The Sandbox ~ Congratulations, My Dear – Slightly Exagerated The Colored Museum George Wythe High School for the Arts Blue Kettle Virginia Commonwealth University Staged Readings: Professional A Celebration of the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sycamore Rouge (2006-2008, 2010-2012) Under Pressure SPARC, New Voices for the Theatre Loops Of Life SPARC, New Voices for the Theatre So It Goes SPARC, New Voices for the Theatre Sister to Sister SPARC, New Voices for the Theatre Memory Train SPARC, New Voices for the Theatre PS Can I Cal You Spring? SPARC, New Voices for the Theatre The Realy Big Important Test SPARC, New Voices for the Theatre Inspiration, Come Easy SPARC, New Voices for the Theatre Red Bird Theater IV/ SPARC Papers of Truth TheatreVirginia, New Voices for the Theatre Death Comes for Harry TheatreVirginia, New Voices for the Theatre A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Carpenter Center (Richmond Arts Council) Offing the Dog Theatre Virginia, New Voices for the Theatre Staged Readings: Academic A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Collegiate Schools Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 George Wythe High School for the Arts Praying for Rain (reader’s theater) George Wythe High School for the Arts Dear Reader Virginia Commonwealth University Publications 2015 Book Review. “Staging Migrations Toward an American West: From Ida B. Wells to Rhodessa Jones.” CONTINUUM Journal. 2013 “The Official Tribal Study Guide: Homeroom Headhunters” for Clay Chapman (Hyperion/Disney, publishers.) 2011 “Never be Dark: Cubed” 2amt; www.2amtheatre.com 2007-2009 BTNews (Assistant Editor) Black Theatre Network. (multiple articles) 2006-2007 Educational Study Guides for Matoaka, Fences, and Lee’s Miserables. Sycamore Rouge. 2006 “Celebrating Winona ‘Ma’ Lee Fletcher.” BTNews (Fall) 2006 “Military Minstrelsy in Text and Performance” Theatre Symposium, SETC. 2006 Book Review. “And Justice for Some: Exploring American Justice through Drama and Theatre.” Southern Theatre. 2006 “Petersburg Public Library System’s Black History Month Celebrations Inspire Continued Community Programming.” Newsletter of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. 2005 “Revival of the Chitlin’/Gospel/Urban Play: Tyler Perry’s Madea Plays.” Theatre Symposium, SETC. 2002 Articles on Arthur Lessac, Phil Adelman, Eduardo Sicango, and Kathleen Raitt. VCUAlumni News Magazine 2001 Sueno Educational Guide. Department of Theatre. Virginia Commonwealth University 2000 Joe Turner’s Come and Gone Educational Study Guide. TheatreVirginia Playwriting Experience 2011 Rumpelstiltskin. produced 2012: Sycamore Rouge; 2014: Davis & Elkins College 2008 Read•y for Right. 2008: Sycamore Rouge 2007 The Velveteen Rabbit. produced 2007, 2010: Sycamore Rouge; Hanover Theatre Company: 2014 2008 The Death of A&B (collaborative) 2004: Yellow House Productions Dramaturgical Experience TBN: Booth’s Escape Clay Chapman, playwright. 40 Acres and a P.O.W Woody Eney, playwright. dl hopkins/kb saine, director. Sycamore Rouge Matoaka Matthew Shifflett, playwright. Beth von Kelsh, director. Sycamore Rouge The Death of A&B (collaborative playwriting) Justin Dray, Director. Yellow House Productions Lee’s Miserables Clay Chapman, playwright. Christopher Shorr, director. Sycamore Roug Professional Service 2014-current Advisory Board Member. TheatreLAB and African American Repertory Theatre (AART) 2014-2016 President. Black Theatre Network National Executive Board 2014-2016 Committee Member. National Black Theatre