Scott Kaiser
Director, Playwright, Author,
Master Teacher

Photo by Jenny Graham
Biography
Scott Kaiser is a nationally recognized master teacher of acting and voice, as well as a director, playwright, and author. For 28 seasons, Scott served as a member of the artistic staff at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, where he directed, adapted, coached, or performed in all 38 of Shakespeareās plays.
Scott is the author of more than a dozen books on Shakespeare, including Have Shakespeare, Will Travel; The Tao of Shakespeare; Shakespeareās Wordcraft; and Mastering Shakespeare. He has also penned several original plays, including Falstaff in Love, Loveās Laborās Won, Now This, Splittinā the Raft, and Shakespeareās Other Women: A New Anthology of Monologues.
Scott has directed at numerous theatre training programs around the country, including Carnegie-Mellon University, The University of Washington, Duke University, Seattle University, Santa Clara University, the University of Oregon, and Southern Oregon University.
Scott holds an ADVS from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, an MFA from the University of Washington Professional Actor Training Program in Seattle, and a BA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Photo by Lauren Ballard
Directing
A Midsummer Night's Dream
By William Shakespeare
University of Washington
Love's Labor's Won
By Scott Kaiser
Carnegie-Mellon University
Shakespeare's Other Women
by Scott Kaiser
Southern Oregon University
Photos by Kim Budd
Hay Fever
by Noel Coward
Southern Oregon University
Photos by Kim Budd
Henry the Sixth, Part One:
Talbot & Joan
Adapted by Scott Kaiser
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Photos by Jenny Graham and Andree Lanthier
Henry the Sixth, Parts One and Two: Henry & Margaret
Adapted by Scott Kaiser
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Photos by Jenny Graham and T. Charles Erickson
Three Sisters
by Anton Chekhov
Southern Oregon University
Photos by Brian Prechtel
Photos by Chuck Barry
Awake and Sing!
by Clifford Odets
Santa Clara University
Arcadia
by Tom Stoppard
University of Oregon
Photos by Alexandra Bonds
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
Southern Oregon University
Love's Labor's Won
by Scott Kaiser
Seattle University
Philadelphia Story
by Phillip Barry
Southern Oregon University
Ghosts
by Henrik Ibsen
Southern Oregon University
Photos by Ezra Severin
Anton in Show Business
by Jane Martin
Southern Oregon University
Photos by Ezra Severin
Contact
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