Ken Kaissar of IEEE

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Biography:

Ken Kaissar became BRT’s Co-Producing Director in 2020, having worked at the theatre as a playwright, developing many of his full-length plays in BRT’s America Rising program. At BRT, he recently directed Clue and A Few Good Men, and he wrote the play A Leg Up which kicked off the 2022-23 season. He has worked at The Goodman Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, and the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.  His plays have been performed or developed by the Philadelphia Theatre Company, Delaware Theatre Company, Phoenix Theatre Company, Fusion Theatre Company, Wordsmyth Theater Company, Jewish Repertory Theatre, Urban Stages and Passage Theatre. 

His play The Victims or What do You Want Me To Do About It (published by McFarland & Company, Inc.) was developed by Golden Thread Productions and Silk Road Rising. His adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales was commissioned by Columbia University. His other plays include A Modest Suggestion (available on Amazon), Liberal Arts and Weekend at Betty’s. He holds a BFA in directing from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA in playwriting from Columbia University. Ken is also the the host of the podcast The Audition Helper available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you get podcasts.