Shawna Mefferd Kelty
SUNY Plattsburgh UP Next Play Respondent
Plattsburgh, NY
Dr. Shawna Mefferd Kelty is a director, dramaturg, and chair of the Theatre Department at SUNY Plattsburgh (SDC Associate member and LMDA member). She teaches directing, dramatic lit (including Canadian Theatre and Contemporary Women Playwrights), history (Spring 2024 is all about the Federal Theatre Project and a history of labor in US theatre), Theatre of the Oppressed, and performance. She works primarily in new play development at universities and on professional stages (2 OB credits!), and through a variety of theatre organizations. Shawna loves working with playwrights on the stories they tell and the worlds they invent. Her next directing projects include a new 10-minute play by Mikki Gillette, I Had My Suspicions, in Madison, WI, AND Kimberly Belflower's John Proctor Is the Villain at SUNY Plattsburgh.
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