Kendra Kahl

Kendra Kahl received her MFA in Theatre for Youth & Community from Arizona State University and her BFA in Theatre for Youth from Samford University. Kendra’s creative practice and areas of expertise include conservatory acting training for K-12 students, social justice initiatives with teens, applied theatre workshops in non-theatre work and education settings, devising new work for young audiences, directing youth productions and touring performances, and residencies and classroom partnerships in elementary and middle schools. She has previously taught, directed, and performed with Childsplay Theatre Company, The Rose Theater, Lexington Children’s Theatre, Desert Foothills Theatre, and the Virginia Samford Theatre, and she loves to facilitate professional development for both classroom educators and teaching artists. Kendra is also a playwright, and her work has been performed at the Southeastern Theatre Conference, Thought Bubble Theatre Festival, The Rose Theater, and Samford University. Her newest commission, The One Between, premiered at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Her creative research has been published in the LEARNing Landscapes journal, and she actively presents at national and international conferences.