The best things we saw at the 6th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival by Kimzyn Campbell, Irene Hsiao and Kerry Reid

The 6th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival swept through Chicago as vigorously as the cold front that accompanied much of it, and puppets dominated venues all around Chicago for t…

The Reader’s guide to World Music Festival Chicago 2022 by Philip Montoro, Leslie Allison, Leor Galil, Aaron Cohen, Jamie Ludwig, Sandra Treviño, Catalina Maria Johnson, Monica Kendrick, Joshua Minsoo Kim, James Porter, Hannah Edgar, Steve Krakow, Bill Meyer, Jacob Arnold, Noah Berlatsky, Kelley Tatro and Mark G

The term “world music” has never been adequate to the task we’ve set it—even in its most benign reading, it implies a division between the listener and the rest of […] The post The…

WHEN MY BROTHER FELL by Kim

When video was released of Alton Sperling’s murder, then Philando Castile’s I was consumed with so many feelings ranging from rage, despair, horror, heartache, profound grief and…

CULTURE SHOCK FESTIVAL on THE HIGH LINE by Kim

I am SO EXCITED about this Saturday April 23rd!!! From 12-4pm Friends of the High Line is offering an AMAZING and FREE one-of-a-kind celebration welcoming spring the CULTURE SHOCK FESTIVAL…

RAISE YOUR HAND & HELP US by Kim

Who missed me? Yes, it has been a long time since I’ve posted and I will catch you all up in the next week but in the meantime…I could really use your help! We all know books pla…

OLIVER SACKS by Kim

  Thanksgiving. 1989. Walking into my parents’ bedroom I see, sitting on my father’s nightstand a book titled: SEEING VOICES. My first thought: “Isn’t that funny…

AMAZING GRACE IS COMING TO BROADWAY and OTHER BIG NEWS! by Kim

A great deal has happened since last summer and being at The Kennedy Center: Jill Bernard and I founded a new company (we will be having a big launch soon), I’m resuming Associate Dire…

The Kennedy Center Directing Intensive-DO SOMETHING! by Kim

This Saturday I’ll be traveling down to The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. to lead a week long directing intensive with my colleague and friend, director Michael Rau.  Ever since …

George Morrison-Into Memory by Kim

Yesterday evening, June 28th, the remarkable George Morrison passed away. I loved him fiercely and he scared the shit out of me. He was one of the best acting teachers I have ever had –…

UNEXPECTED GIFTS by Kim

This past week I had the good fortune of being able to spend a little time with my dear friend Shira Milikowsky with whom I attended Columbia.  Shira is currently the Artistic Associate at …

THE WORK GOES ON by Kim

Being able to continue to work on a play that I LOVE is exciting, thrilling and a gift.  Once again, I will be working with Noor Theatre on Tuqus al-Isharat wa-l-Tahawwulat (Rituals of Sign…

CELEBRATING SHAKESPEARE’S 450th BIRTHDAY by Kim

A few week’s ago it was Shakespeare’s 450th Birthday.  Historians know he was baptized on April 26, 1564 but they don’t know the exact date of his birth.  Around the worl…

BEING A PILGRIM by Kim

On Monday May 19th on the eighth floor in studio four of Manhattan Theatre Club, a beautiful and tremendously talented group of actors assembled to bring Rohina Malik’s play The Mecca …

The Mecca Tales by Kim

I can’t wait to get in the room with formidable Rohina Malik and her fabulous new play! We will be presenting a reading on Monday May 19th at 7pm at Manhattan Theatre Club Inspired by …

EXCITING NEWS! by Kim

Here is the principal cast announcement for the new musical,  Amazing Grace, that was published today in Playbill.  I am excited to also announce that I will be Associate Directing! Come c…

A NEW FABULOUS FARCE! by Kim

The Unparalled Magic of City and Stage by Kim

Here is Rami G. Khouri’s (The Daily Star)  beautifully written and eloquent review of our special evening at CUNY’s Martin E. Segal Center this past Monday March 3, 2014.  It w…

RITUALS OF SIGNS AND TRANSFORMATIONS by Kim

 Monday, March 3 at 6:30pm CUNY’s  Martin E. Segal Center I have the pleasure of directing excerpts from Syrian playwright Sa’dallah Wannous‘ play RITUALS OF SIGNS AND TRANSF…

Rooney’s Listing in the New York Times by Kim

David Rooney of the New York Times wrote this lovely listing in the Theater Listings Section for Nov. 29-Dec. 5th and I thought it was worth re-posting. ‘What We Know’ (previews begin on…

BACK ON THE BOARDS!!! by Kim

YES! THE RUMORS ARE TRUE!  I am back on the boards again acting, after quite a hiatus focusing on directing and new play development.  I’m working with the terrific One Year Lease Th…

The Way of the World by Kim

Love and passion, greed and manipulation, treachery and deceit…it’s just another day in William Congreve’s The Way of the World  Congreve’s timeless masterpiece of Resto…

University of Mississippi Investigating Anti-Gay Heckling at Theater Performance by Kim Severson and Alan Blinder

In the 51 years since intergration, the university has made inclusion and racial healing a theme, but problems persist.    

RISING WATER TRILOGY at New Jersey Rep by Kim

This coming Monday, September 23rd I’ll be at NJ Rep  participating in A SPECIAL EVENT: JOHN BIGUENET’S “RISING WATER TRILOGY” On Three CONSECUTIVE Mondays, SEPTEMBE…

Update and Off to New Old Lands by Kim

Hello All!  There’s been alot going on not the least of which is a redesigned site coming soon! Most recently I directed the world premiere of Charles L. Mee’s soot and spit.  …

Where in the World is Weild? by Kim

This very moment I am pleased to write that I am in Tempe, Arizona for a return engagement at ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.  Why?  Well, I’m directing the …

Greetings from Greece by Kim

A rooster crows, a cacophony of clanging bells announces the presence of a herd of goats off on the nearby hillside, a hive of bees hum in a constant industrious drone, a drum beats out a ca…

PUBLISHED: LABLETTER by Kim

LABLETTER is an annual journal of Art & Literature. For the 2012 issue I was the guest editor for the theatre section.  I  wrote an article entitled “What if it’s a Canvas?”, in …

FOOD AND FADWA by Kim

GO SEE THIS PLAY.  Let me say it again, GO SEE THIS PLAY. IF YOU MISS THIS PLAY YOU WILL BE VERY VERY SORRY. Toward the end of this terrific new play by Lamecee Issaq and Jacob Kader which …

890 BROADWAY – A NEW CHARLES STROUSE MUSICAL by Kim

Earlier this week, on Tuesday,  I had the honor of directing a closed reading of a new Charles Strouse musical, “890 BROADWAY”.  We were fortunate to have a fantastic cast that…

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY-GRADUATE ACTORS SHOWCASE 2012 by Kim

Come see what I’ve been working on! I’ve been busy directing the Columbia Graduate Actors Showcase 2012. There are two showings, this Monday April 23rd at 2pm and 6pm. It’s…

INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THEATRE? BE AN INTERN! by Kim

BE IN THE ROOM Are you interested in learning about theatre, the ins and the outs?  Are you interested in directing, producing, marketing?  Are you in college, a recent college graduate, f…