Directing - Irene J. Kuykendall

Directing Credits

Professional Directing Credits

Professional directing credits include GASLIGHT (Swift Creek Mill Theatre); A Broadway Christmas (Virginia Repertory Theatre); Twelfth Night (Richmond Catholic Theatre), The Things That Haunt Us (Quill and Strangeways Brewing), The Project (RADA Love/ Hate) and more. Assistant direction credits include Shakespeare in Love (Virginia Rep), Julius Caesar (Planet Shakespeare), and The Asylum of Dr. Murnau (Misfits Theatre Collective at Firehouse Theatre). STAY TUNED for Upcoming Directing Announcements!

Visit the following site to view an interview of Director, Irene Kuykendall and Actress, Lindsey Zelli, as they share details of Swift Creek Mill Theatre’s production of GASLIGHT: https://www.12onyourside.com/video/2022/08/29/swift-creek-mill-theatre-play-gaslight-kicks-off-sept/

Educational Directing Credits

Educational directing credits include The Addams Family, ALL SHOOK UP, and The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley (Virginia Rep for Summer Showtime), The Jungle Book, Treasure Island, and Pinocchio (Virginia Rep for Let’s Put on a Show!); CLUE and MEAN GIRLS (Midlothian High School), The Good Fight (Appomattox Regional Governor’s School), Emma! A Pop Musical (Maggie Walker Regional Governor’s School), Disney’s The Jungle Book, Kids! (Crestwood Elementary School), and more.

Fight Direction, Dance Choreography, and Intimacy Coordination

Fight Direction and Intimacy Coordination

Fight direction, movement, and intimacy credits include Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Virginia Rep), She Kills Monsters (Ampersand Theatre Co), GASLIGHT (Swift Creek Mill Theatre), The Good Fight (Appomattox Regional Governor’s School), Twelfth Night (Richmond Catholic Theatre), The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Birthday Celebration at Agecroft Hall), STAR WARS: Fulcrum (Sabercomp 2019), MEAN GIRLS and CLUE (Midlothian High School), and more.

Irene is trained in unarmed, rapier (+dagger), broadsword (+ shield), knives, staff, whip, and more.

Irene J. Kuykendall and Axle J. Burtness Demonstrate Fight Choreography from Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew for an audience at Agecroft Hall & Gardens

STAR WARS: Fulcrum for Sabercomp 2019. Fight Choreography and Acting by Irene Kuykendall and Jeffrey Cole. Written and Directed by Jeffrey Cole. Edited, Sound, and SFX by Jonathan Hardison.

Dance and Movement Choreography

Dance choreography credits include A Broadway Christmas (Virginia Rep), Emma! A Pop Musical (Maggie Walker Regional Governor’s School), Disney’s The Jungle Book, Kids! (Crestwood Elementary), The Jungle Book, Treasure Island, and Pinocchio (Virginia Rep for Let’s Put on a Show!), The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley (Virginia Rep for Summer Showtime), and more.

Irene has dance training that includes ballet, tap, jazz, modern, musical theatre, waltz, Regency-era, and more.