… with a knack for Shakespeare, theatre, the classroom, and stage combat. With an MFA and MLitt in Shakespeare and Performance from Mary Baldwin University and a BA in Performing Arts from Clemson University, Kailey is a well-rounded theatre practitioner energized by ensemble, excited by heightened language, and deeply passionate about gender parity in classical works.

 

Recent acting credits include The Tempest (Vagabond Shakespeare), A Midsummer Night’s Dream tour (Warehouse Theatre) and The Ides: Julius Caesar (Shakespeare & Friends).

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She’s worked as an education artist and director with Shakespeare & Company, as a fight choreographer, dramaturg, teaching artist, and text coach with the American Shakespeare Center Theatre Camp, and is currently a teaching artist with the Warehouse Theatre. She’s led numerous workshops on early modern theatre and has taught at Clemson University, Mary Baldwin University, and the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities.

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As a fight choreographer, she's collaborated with youth and adult performers to craft moments of gnarly and exciting stage violence. Recent choreography credits include Hamlet tour (Warehouse Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing (Clemson University) and Cymbeline, Julius Caesar (American Shakespeare Center Theatre Camp)

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Kailey likes playing her mandolin, pulling her car over to read historical road markers, and knows far too much about king Henry V. She's happiest when she's making theatre, holding a sword, or watching a student make a discovery that changes their perception of a story.