Skip to main content Kara-Lynn Vaeni
- Associate Professor at School of Theatre, Dance, & Film, College of Fine Arts & Communication
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Undergraduate Advisor, BFA P&P Directing Track Coordinator.
August 2025 - Present.
- Member, Faculty Search Committee: Assistant/Associate Professor of Acting BFA Stage & Screen.
September 2025 - Present.
- Chair, Departmental Presidential Excellence Awards Selection Committee.
August 2025 - Present.
- Member, Theatrical Intimacy Committee, School of Theatre, Dance and Film.
September 2024 - Present.
2025
- Member, Season Selection Committee.
August 2025 - December 2025.
- Participant, Phase Two, Curricular Review, all undergraduate directing courses.
December 2, 2025 - December 9, 2025.
- Reviewer / Referee, National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center.
September 20, 2025 - November 28, 2025.
- Member, Faculty Search Committee: Assistant/Associate Professor of Lighting Design.
November 2024 - March 2025.
- Member, CoFAC Presidential Excellence Awards Selection Committee (Teaching).
January 2025 - February 2025.
- Member, Departmental Presidential Excellence Awards Selection Committee (Teaching).
November 2024 - January 2025.
2024
- Member, Season Selection Committee.
September 2024 - November 2024.
- Gave feedback to JTLT season applicants on their live pitch presentations, Jeremy Torres Lab Theatre.
November 18, 2024.
- Led "Resumes for Directors and Actors" workshop for JTLT, Jeremy Torres Lab Theatre.
November 11, 2024.
- Reviewer / Referee, National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center.
September 20, 2024 - October 28, 2024.
- Undergraduate Advisor, Faculty Advisor, Sophomore Acting Track, Southern Methodist University.
August 2017 - May 2024.
2023
- Member, Academic Policies Committee, Southern Methodist University.
January 2022 - December 2023.
- University Mentor, Faculty Mentor to first time faculty hire, Southern Methodist University.
August 2022 - May 2023.
2022
- Member, Dean’s Advisory Task Force, Musical Theatre BFA, Southern Methodist University.
January 2021 - December 2022.
- Member, Hiring Committee for Professor of Practice, Acting, Southern Methodist University.
August 2021 - May 2022.
- Member, Recruitment Committee for the MFA Acting class of 2025, Southern Methodist University.
August 2021 - April 2022.
- Faculty Representative, Virtual Meadows Spotlight, Southern Methodist University.
February 2022.
2020
- Reviewer / Referee, The WP Theatre, NYC.
February 2020 - April 2020.
2019
- Artist Mentor to early career theatre director, Statera Arts.
January 2019 - June 2019.
2018
- Reviewer / Referee, The WP Theatre, NYC.
March 2018 - August 2018.
