Scott Kaiser
MOST RECENT POSITION
Director of Company Development, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (11 Seasons)
PUBLISHED BOOKS
ORIGINAL PLAYS
Shakespeare’s Other Women: A New Anthology of Monologues
Falstaff in Love
Love’s Labor’s Won
Now This
Splittin’ the Raft
FICTION
Harriman’s Ghost
Tales from the Vomitorium: 38 Short Stories
Albert’s Adventure’s in Willy World
NON-FICTION
Mastering Shakespeare: An Acting Class in Seven Scenes
Shakespeare’s Wordcraft
Notes from the Back Row: A Voice and Text Director’s Journal
SHAKESPEARE ADAPTATIONS
“Talbot & Joan” An Adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Henry the Sixth, Part One
“Henry & Margaret” An Adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Henry the Sixth, Parts Two and Three
"Titus" An Adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus
Have Shakespeare, Will Travel: Shakespearean Adaptations from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s School Visit Program
CLASSROOM ADAPTATIONS
Adaptations for the Classroom: William Shakespeare’s As You Like It
Adaptations for the Classroom: William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labor’s Lost
Adaptations for the Classroom: William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
Adaptations for the Classroom: William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Adaptations for the Classroom: William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Adaptations for the Classroom: William Shakespeare’s The Tempest
Adaptations for the Classroom: William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
DIRECTING
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Henry the Sixth, Parts Two and Three, co-director
Henry the Sixth, Part One, co-director
Measure for Measure, associate director
Timon of Athens, assistant director
The Winter's Tale, assistant director
Awake and Sing, assistant director
University of Washington
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Carnegie-Mellon University
Love’s Labor’s Won
Southern Oregon University
Hay Fever
Shakespeare’s Other Women
Three Sisters
Anton in Show Business
The Philadelphia Story
Ghosts
Twelfth Night
Island Shakespeare Festival
Titus Andronicus
Santa Clara University
Awake and Sing
Seattle University
Love’s Labor’s Won
University of Oregon
Arcadia
Duke University Drama
Arms and the Man
As You Like It
The Fantasticks
Love's Labor's Lost
Twelfth Night
Stage Door
New London Barn Playhouse, NH
Show Boat
ACADEMIC & CONSERVATORY TEACHING
The University of Washington Professional Actor Training Program
The Guthrie Experience for Actors in Training
Mary Baldwin University
Stanford University/TAPS
Southern Oregon University
Seattle University
Southern Methodist University
California Institute of the Arts
Indiana University
Dell’ Arte School of Physical Theatre
The University of Utah
Duke University
Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, England
University of London, England
VOICE AND TEXT DIRECTION
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Head of Voice and Text
Voice and Text Director on 90 productions (20 seasons)
Other Professional Vocal Coaching
The Intiman Theatre, Seattle
The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis
Illinois Shakespeare Festival
Georgia Shakespeare Festival
Academic Vocal Coaching
Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, England
Duke University Drama
Bucknell University
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London
Advanced Diploma in Voice Studies, with Distinction
University of Washington, Seattle
Professional Actor Training Program,Master of Fine Arts
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Bachelor of Arts, with Distinction