Talya Klein

Talya Klein

Email [email protected]
Browntrinity
Theater Credits
DIRECTOR
Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott Cape Fear Regional Theater
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare The Here & Now
Real Estate by Brenda Withers UNC/Playmakers MFA Program
Elephant’s Graveyard by George Brant UNC – Chapel Hill Dept. of Dramatic Arts
Marco Millions by Eugene O’Neill The Here & Now/Provincetown Williams Festival
Cymbeline by William Shakespeare The Here & Now
Enron by Lucy Prebble Duke University Dept. of Theater Studies
Failure: A Love Story by Philip Dawkins UNC – Chapel Hill Dept. of Dramatic Arts
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, adapted by Talya Klein) The Here & Now
Grounded by George Brant Manbites Dog Theater
As You Like It by William Shakespeare, adapted by Talya Klein The Here & Now
Born This Way (devised by Talya Klein with the company) BCC Rep
We Can Rebuild Him Book and Music by Deepali Gupta Brown University Theatre Arts and Performance Studies: Sock & Buskin/Brownbrokers
Parade Music by Jason Robert Brown, book by Alfred Uhry Brown/Trinity MFA Program
The Rover by Aphra Behn, adapted by Talya Klein Brown/Trinity MFA Program
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Samuel Adamson Brown/Trinity MFA Program
All The Things You Are by Theo Goodell Writing is Live (Brown New Plays Festival
Orange Lemon Egg Canary (West Coast Premiere) by Rinne Groff EVN Productions at the Hollywood Complex, Los Angeles (2008)
Clocks and Whistles (American Premiere) by Samuel Adamson Origin Theatre Company, NYC (2006)
Red Noses by Peter Barnes Kensington Drama Company, London (2003)
Black Snow (UK Premiere) by Mikhail Bulgakov Kensington Drama Company, London (2003)
The House of Yes by Wendy MacLeod Duke Players, NC (2001)
The Fantasticks by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt The Spence School, NYC (1998)
PLAYWRIGHT
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (adaptation) The Here & Now 2017
Marco Millions (adaptation) The Here & Now 2016
Cymbeline (adaptation) The Here & Now 2015
Much Ado About Nothing (adaptation) The Here & Now 2014
As You Like It (adaptation) The Here & Now 2013
Escaping Dorothy Duke Department of Theatre Studies* 2002
The Devil and Dorothy Parker Scriptworks NY 2005
Escaping Dorothy Duke Department of Theatre Studies* 2002
Wall/Flower Duke Players 2001
Violation Manbites Dog Theatre** 1999
ACTOR
U.S.A. Janey Williams Brown/Trinity MFA Program
…And Joy Ma Writing is Live (Brown New Plays Festival)
The Time of Your Life Lorene/Streetwalker Brown/Trinity MFA Program
Come and Go Ru Duke Players
The Sandbox Grandmother Duke Players
Come and Go Ru Duke Players
The Black and White Woman 1 Duke Players
Map Girl Map Girl Duke New Works Festival
Don Juan Violette/The Statue Duke Players
The Darker Face of the Earth Ticey Duke Players
Don Juan Violette/The Statue Duke Players
802701: The Time Machine Weena/puppeteer Manbites Dog Theater
The Sweet Vidalia Onion Sotrasha Mae Duke New Works Festival
Film Credits
The Yellow Wallpaper Art Director EVN Productions
Television Credits
Brokers Director/Executive Producer Web Series
Precious Cargo Designer/Producer Web Series
Other Credits
Family Album (world Premiere) Assistant to Stew Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Family Album (workshop) Assistant Director Oregon Shakespeare Festival
This Blessed Plot Assistant Director The Weston Playhouse
The Total Bent (workshop) Assistant Director The Public Theater
Wikileaks Project (reading) Assistant Director NY Theater Workshop
Apples & Oranges (premiere) Assistant Director The Alliance Theatre
Fallujah (reading) Assistant Director The Culture Project
Sparrow Grass (world premiere) Assistant Director Trinity Repertory Company
A Christmas Carol Assistant Director Trinity Repertory Company
Dead Man’s Cell Phone Assistant Director Trinity Repertory Company
The Lady With All The Answers Assistant Director Pasadena Playhouse, CA (2008)
Manhattan Mystery Blues Assistant Director 59 E 59, NYC (2006)
Orange Flower Water Assistant Director Edge Theatre Company, NYC (2005)
Communion Assistant Director Origin Theatre Company, NYC (2004)
Paper Doll Assistant Director Duke Theatre Previews, NC (2002)
The Crucible Assistant Director Duke Players, NC (2001)
*senior distinction project
**opened for Holly Hughes’ “Preaching to the Perverted”
Education and Training
Brown University/Trinity Rep MFA Program 2012
Duke University, BA in Theatre and Social Struggle, 2002NHSI Theatre Cherub, Northwestern University, 1997Literary Intern, National Theatre, London, 2002-03 season
Artistic Intern, Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC, 2003-04 season
Special Skills
TEACHING
Duke University (Durham, NC) – Adjunct Professor/Visiting Artist
UNC Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC) – Visiting Artist
Bristol Community College (Fall River, MA) – Visiting Adjunct Professor and Director (Theatre) 2013
Brown University (Providence, RI) – Theatre and Performance Studies Teaching Fellowship 2010
Tots to Twenties Performing Arts Academy (London, England) – Acting Faculty 2003
Durham Public Schools (Durham, NC) – Visiting Teaching Artist 2001PRODUCER/MANAGER
Project Manager at the Civilians 2013
Lead Producer and Artistic Director of The Here & Now
Awards and Recognition
2014 Lillian Chason Memorial Fellowship (UNC Chapel Hill)
2012 Motif Award Nomination: Best Production (“Parade”)
Brown University Teaching Fellowship (2010)
Benenson Artist Grant for Excellence in the Arts (2002)
Dasha Epstein Playwriting Award (2001)
O’Neill Playwrights’ Conference, Playwriting Fellowship (2001)
Alex Cohen Award for Initiatives in Theatre (2000)”Parade” called one of the best productions in 2011 by the Providence Phoenix
Talya Klein named one of nine “Artists to Watch in the New Millennium” by the Raleigh News & Observer (2000)Lincoln Center Directors’ Lab, 2004
Directors’ Lab West, 2008