Kandie St.Germain-Kelley

Kandie S. Kelley received her MFA from the University of California, Riverside, and has successfully pursued a career as a director, educator, and author (Closet Drama, Bear Star Press, 2001). Committed to teaching theatre, she owned her own company for eight years while also serving as department chair of drama at a private school in Orange County before founding the Inland Edge Players in Riverside, an ensemble group devoted to fostering the energy of local performers, directors, and writers. In addition to being a theatre instructor at the University of California, she also teaches classical acting and Shakespeare as performance at Idyllwild Arts Academy while also working with the Riverside Metropolitan Museum’s Youth Diversity Project, educating youth via improvisational and playmaking workshops, which focus on social change.