Kristen is the Founder
and Producing Artistic Director of Gulfshore Playhouse, for
whom she has directed “Romeo and Juliet Redefined” a
project she conceived using Shakespeare’s original
script with added dance, music and song. She
also directed David Mamet’s “Oleanna” starring
Alan Campbell, to great reviews, as well as the
one-night events “3 Men and a Diva” starring
Carol Lawrence, and “Florida Stories”,
an annual staged-reading of the winners of a local
writing contest. Her duties at the Playhouse include
supervision of this flourishing not-for-profit, producing
and directing the shows, doing presentations, and overseeing
public relations, as well as day-to-day business.Kristen’s
biography is included in the 2007 edition of “Who’s
Who in American Women”.
Kristen
first directed “Oleanna” in
Raleigh, NC, for “Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy”,
which was subsequently voted one of the top ten productions
of 2006 in the Raleigh-Durham Triangle. She made
her feature film directorial debut with “Friends
and Family”, a comedy starring Tony LoBianco,
Tovah Feldshuh, and Anna Maria Alberghetti, which was
released around the US and Europe, and can now be seen
on DVD and Cable TV worldwide.
Kristen directed the first
production of “Waiting for the Glaciers to
Melt”, a new musical by Tony-nominated Brian
Lane Green, a project that she helped develop over
two years from a variety of poetry and songs by Green. “Glaciers” was
listed on Theatremania.com’s 2003 wrap-up
under the heading “Shows You Should Have Seen
But Probably Didn’t”. She is the
Executive Producer of a CD version of the music from “Glaciers”.
Kristen has worked on
a variety of musicals in various stages of development,
including “Steel Pier” (with Karen
Ziemba) on Broadway, a Broadway-workshop of “The
Jazz Singer” (with Sam Harris), and “Houdini” at
the Goodspeed Opera House. She is a member of
the Lark Theatre Company’s Literary Wing, helping
discover talented new playwrights, and has directed
countless readings of new works. Kristen has
written several screenplays, including “Noble
Rot” based on a novel by local author and
gallery owner Roger Weatherburn Baker.
Kristen worked in production/management
for Walt Disney Theatrical Productions (working on
international productions of “Beauty and
the Beast” and “King David”),
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Company (“Sunset
Boulevard” on Broadway and “Joseph” on
Tour), and for London’s English Shakespeare Company
in the Press and Marketing Department.
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