6.15 A Conversation with Katie Keddell
This week Jimmy talks with Maryland teacher Katie Keddell. She talks about commissioning a playwright, being a neurodiverse artist, and creating theatre that is more accessible to all abilities and access needs.
Katie Keddell
Teacher and Instructional Coach
Katie Keddell is a neurodivergent director, dramaturg and theatre educator who has worked in educational, non-profit, community and professional theatre settings for over 15 years. Katie is an artist specializing in original theatre works, accessibility, Viewpoints and heightened texts. Currently, Katie is the Middle School Theatre Director and Instructional Coach for the St. Paul’s Schools. She served as the Devising Dramaturg for Body. a verbatim devised piece inCapital Fringe Festival. Directing credits include the Youth Production Ensemble of Everyman Theatre, Chesapeake Shakespeare’s site specific Romeo and Juliet and Men on Boats for Cohesion Theatre Company.
Katie is a published author in Youth Theatre and the Kennedy Centers Professional Papers journals for accessible arts program research. Katie has been a presenter for the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, and Leadership Exchange for the Arts and Disability national conferences. Katie has an MA in Theatre Arts from San Diego State University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude and a member of Scholars without Borders for her work in Casablanca, Morocco.
