BIOGRAPHY:
Kirsten Brandt is a director an dplaywright. She served as Executive Artistic Director of the Sledgehammer Theatre (San Diego’s leading alternative theater) where she produced 25 productions. Brandt served as Associate Artistic Director of San Jose Repertory Theatre. She has directed for The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Arizona Theatre Company, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Marin Theatre Company, San Diego Repertory, City Lights Theatre, African-American Shakespeare Company, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, The Jewel Theater, North Coast Repertory, Diversionary Theatre, Show & Tale Productions (Canada), Playwrights Project, and Sierra Rep. She has directed readings and workshops for NYU (Strasberg Studio), New Dramatists, San Francisco Playhouse, New Fortune Theater, Mo’olelo Theatre, and ASK Theatre Projects. She is currently the Executive Artistic Director of Nevada Conservatory Theatre and the Chair of the Department of Theatre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
EDUCATION / TRAINING:
B.A. Theatre, University of California, San Diego
M.F.A. Interdisciplinary Arts, Goddard College