Talya Klein

Teacher

Talya Klein is an award-winning director, actor, writer and intimacy coordinator whose work has been seen in London, New York, Los Angeles and all over the US. In addition, Talya has worked on staff or assistant directed at the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Pasadena Playhouse, Trinity Repertory Company, the Culture Project, Manhattan Theatre Club, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Weston Playhouse and the Public Theater. Talya received her BA in “Theater and Social Struggle” from Duke University. During her time there, she was awarded a Benenson Award, the Alex Cohen Award, the Dasha Epstein Playwriting Award, and named one of nine local "Artists to Watch in the New Millenium" by the Raleigh News & Observer. Talya earned her MFA in Directing in the Brown University/Trinity Rep MFA Program and is the founder of The Here & Now, a company which produces one-off, site-specific theatrical events. Talya was the Project Manager for the Civilians' Let Me Ascertain You: Holy Matrimony! at Joe's Pub in 2013. In 2014, she was the Lillian Chason Directing Fellow at UNC Chapel Hill. From 2015-2021 she was an on faculty in the Theater Studies Department at Duke University, and is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Theatre Department at Pomona College. Her original screenplay, Our Town, written with Emmett Anderson, was a finalist for the Sundance Screenwriters’ Lab, and currently is in development for production. Talya has received training and certification from The Weston Network, and is in the final stages of certification with Intimacy Directors & Choreographers. She is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors' Lab and the Directors' Lab West.