Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

KLV Vaeni

  • Associate Professor at School of Theatre, Dance, & Film, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Scholarly and Creative Works

2025

  • Director, Everybody. August 2024 - April 6, 2025.
    Performances:
    • TXST Presents. April 1, 2025 - April 6, 2025 Mainstage, Texas State San Marcos.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Mac Welch.

2024

  • Director/choreographer, The Persians. February 2024 - May 2024.
    Performances:
    • May 2, 2024 - May 26, 2024 Undermain Theatre, Dallas, TX.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Rich Lopez.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Christopher Sodden.
  • Director, Workshop and Staged Reading of Helios 24/7, a new play. May 7, 2024 - May 17, 2024.
    Performances:
    • WaterTower New Play Development. May 17, 2024 WaterTower Theatre, DFW, Texas.
  • Director, POTUS: or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, Regional Premiere. January 2024 - March 7, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Theatre Production. March 7, 2024 - March 30, 2024 Stage West, Fort Worth, TX.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Manuel Mendoza.
    • Reviewed by: Sam Lisman.
    • (Curated) Reviewed by: Jan Farrington.
  • Director, playwright, Shape, Regional Premiere. August 2023 - February 2024.
    Performances:
    • Season 33 Out of the Box. February 8, 2024 - February 25, 2024 Kitchen Dog Theatre, Dallas, TX.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Richard Lopez.

2023

  • Director/Choreographer, Dance Nation. April 2023 - October 18, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Southern Methodist University Theatre Season. Margo Jones Theatre, SMU, Dallas, TX.
  • Director, He’s Born, He’s Borne, a world premiere by Tony winner David Rabe. April 12, 2023 - May 2023.
    Performances:
    • Mainstage Season 2022-2023. April 13, 2023 - April 30, 2023 Undermain Theatre, Dallas, TX.
  • Director, An Octoroon. November 2022 - March 1, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Southern Methodist University Theatre Season. Greer Garson Theatre, SMU, Dallas, TX.

2022

  • Theatrical Residency, Arteles Creative Center, Finland, Arteles Creative Center, Finland. Writer/Director. May 2, 2022 - May 28, 2022.
  • Directing Residency, The New Public Theatre, The New Public Theatre, London, UK. Writer/Director. May 2, 2022 - May 28, 2022.
  • Director, Witch, Regional Premiere. January 5, 2022 - March 17, 2022.
    Performances:
    • Mainstage Season. March 17, 2022 - April 10, 2022 Stage West, Fort Worth, TX.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Mildred Austin.
  • Director, The Pleasure Trials, by Sarah Saltwick, World Premiere. December 1, 2021 - February 11, 2022.
    Performances:
    • 2022 Mainstage Season. February 11, 2022 - February 27, 2022 Amphibian Theatre, Fort Worth, TX.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Jan Farrington.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Kristian Lin.

2021

  • Shape. 2021.
    Performances:
    • June 1, 2021 - June 27, 2021 The Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca, NY.
    • February 8, 2024 - February 25, 2024 Kitchen Dog Theatre, Dallas, TX.
  • Vaeni, K.-L., Severson-Irby, E., Marvin, C., & Gilich, Y. (2021). Practicing Anti-Racism: Being Accountable to Each Other in Academia and Beyond. The Activist History Review, 14(2). Retrieved from https://activisthistory.com
  • Director/Choreographer/Adaptor, A (Queer) Midsummer Night's Dream. May 2021 - September 22, 2021.
    Performances:
    • Southern Methodist University Theatre Season. Margo Jones Theatre, SMU, Dallas, TX.
  • Director, playwright, Shape, World Premiere. January 2021 - June 2021.
    Performances:
    • Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca, NY.
  • Broadcast Director, The Shakespeare Quartets! January 2021 - April 2021.
    Performances:
    • Southern Methodist University Theatre Season. Margo Jones Theatre, SMU, Zoom!
  • Broadcast Director, In Search of the Sublime; an Interactive Performance. With Jokes. Streamed live! February 23, 2021 - March 21, 2021.
    Showings:
    • February 23, 2021 - March 21, 2021 Stage West Theatre, Fort Worth, TX and livestreamed internationally.
  • Director, Deviser, Playwright, In Search of the Sublime; an Interactive Performance. With Jokes. (Live Performance). January 7, 2020 - March 21, 2021.
    Performances:
    • Theatre. February 23, 2021 - March 21, 2021 Stage West Theatre, Fort Worth, TX.

2020

  • New Play Commission Residency, Dallas, TX. Deviser/Director. November 1, 2020 - December 15, 2020.
  • Stage Director, An Evening of Scenes from the Czech Opera Repertoire. May 1, 2020 - June 2020.
    Performances:
    • Prague Summer Nights. Oskar Nebdal Theatre, Tabor, Czech Republic.
  • Director, The Children, filmed live for streaming broadcast. April 2020 - May 2020.
    Showings:
    • March 7, 2024 - March 30, 2024 Stage West, Fort Worth, TX.
  • Director, The Children, Regional Premiere. January 2020 - April 9, 2020.
    Performances:
    • April 9, 2020 Stage West, Fort Worth, TX.

2019

  • Director, Noises Off. November 29, 2019 - December 22, 2019.
    Performances:
    • Theatre Three, Dallas, TX.
  • Director, Reykjavik by Steve Yockey, Rolling World Premiere. March 2019 - June 2019.
    Performances:
    • National New Play Network and Kitchen Dog Theatre. June 6, 2019 - June 30, 2019 Kitchen Dog Theatre, Dallas, TX.
  • Stage Director, An Evening of Scenes from the Czech Opera Repertoire. May 1, 2019 - June 27, 2019.
    Performances:
    • Prague Summer Nights. Oskar Nebdal Theatre, Tabor, Czech Republic.
  • Director, Lela & Co., Regional Premiere. February 1, 2019 - April 3, 2019.
    Performances:
    • April 3, 2019 - April 27, 2019 Second Thought Theatre, Dallas, TX.
  • Director, The Manufactured Myth of Eveline Flynn, World Premiere of Original Musical. October 2019 - January 31, 2019.
    Performances:
    • January 31, 2019 - February 24, 2019 Theatre Three, Dallas, TX.

2018

  • Director/Choreographer, A Lie of the Mind. August 2018 - October 17, 2018.
    Performances:
    • Southern Methodist University Theatre Season. Margo Jones Theatre, SMU, Dallas, TX.
  • Director/Dramaturg, Enemies/People, A world premiere of a new translation of Ibsen's classic. March 2018 - June 15, 2018.
    Performances:
    • June 15, 2018 - July 7, 2018 Second Thought Theatre, Dallas, TX.
  • Director/Choreographer, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. November 2017 - February 2018.
    Performances:
    • Southern Methodist University Theatre Season. Greer Garson Theatre, SMU, Dallas, TX.

2017

  • Script Supervisor & Assistant Director, The Vampire Leland, starring Ato Essandoh and LeRoy McClain. April 2016 - August 2017.
    Showings:
    • Independent Pilot Competition at SeriesFest, Season 3. Sie Film Center, Denver, CO.
  • Director, Greec’d Lightning. August 2016 - May 2017.
    Performances:
    • The Princeton Triangle Club. McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ.

2016

  • Director/Playwright Collaboration, New York, NY. Director. July 1, 2016 - July 19, 2016.
  • Director Collective, IATI Theatre, NYC. Director. June 1, 2016 - June 10, 2016.
  • Director/Adaptor, The Learned Ladies by Moliere, Adapted by Kara-Lynn Vaeni. March 2016 - May 2016.
    Performances:
    • Seton Hall Theatre Program. Seton Hall University Theatre, South Orange, NJ.
  • Director/Choreographer, As You Like It by William Shakespeare. October 2015 - February 18, 2016.
    Performances:
    • Hofstra University’s 67th Annual Shakespeare Festival. Hofstra University Theatre, Hempstead, NY.

2015

  • 3B Development Series, New York, NY. Director. July 25, 2015 - August 24, 2015.
  • Director, Bike America by Mike Lew. September 2015 - February 26, 2015.
    Performances:
    • Stony Brook University Theatre, Stony Brook, NY.

2014

  • Director, The Brink of Us by D.B. Brewer, world premiere. October 2013 - April 25, 2014.
    Performances:
    • South Oxford Arts Space, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Stage Director of both opera, and Adaptation of Der Schauspieldirektor, Der Schauspieldirektor by W.A. Mozart and Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini. December 2013 - February 2014.
    Performances:
    • Westminster Opera Theatre at Rider University. Westminster Opera Theatre, Princeton, NJ.

2013

  • Stage Director, Double Bill; Iolanta and Maddalena. May 1, 2013 - August 30, 2013.
    Performances:
    • Opera Slavica. The Bohemian National Hall, New York, NY.

2012

  • Director, Alice/Grace/Anon by Kara Lee Corthron, world premiere. June 2011 - October 23, 2012.
    Performances:
    • Produced by New Georges Theatre Company, NYC. The Irondale, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Stage Director, Jenůfa. May 1, 2012 - August 30, 2012.
    Performances:
    • Opera Slavica. The Bohemian National Hall, New York, NY.
  • Director, Untitled Play About Dead Bodies by M.J. Kaufman, fully staged workshop. June 1, 2012 - June 20, 2012.
    Performances:
    • Huntington Theatre Summer Lab. Huntington Theatre, Boston, MA.

2006

  • Fight/Dance choreographer, Associate Director, Don Juan in Prague, by W.A. Mozart with original recits by David Chambers. August 1, 2006 - October 20, 2006.
    Performances:
    • Beth Morrison Productions Presents. The National Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic.
    • Beth Morrison PRoductions Presents. Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY.
    • Works and Process. The Guggenheim, New York, NY.