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Scott Kaiser

KaiserShakespeare@gmail.com

 

 

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 

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