“Supreme Laughs” – SF Chronicle
“Funny and poignant” – SF Examiner
“Best Solo Show” – Bay Area Reporter
Kenny has been immersed in healing, recovery, and spiritual communities all his adult life. He has taught, directed, and coached solo performers for fifteen years. He has collaborated with comedians, actors, published authors, professors, therapists, clergy, and healers. His students have gone on to perform all over the world.
He has performed in standup comedy, plays, solo theatre, and TV commercials.
He trained in devising with Pig Iron (Philly) and The Assembly Theater (New York). He is mentored in writing by Karen Finley, acclaimed performance artist and NYU Tisch political arts professor.
Kenny has a BA in English Lit from UC Berkeley.
Solo Theatre Pedagogy, The Marsh– Taught and directed students with Theatre Bay Area Directing Award recipient Charlie Varon for a decade at The Marsh.
Lucid Body – Trained at their inaugural conservatory program in New York. Founded by Fay Simpson, head of movement at NYU Tisch’s graduate acting program.
Studied voice with Tisch’s Jane Guyer Fujita and acting with Julliard’s Kathleen McNenny.
Clown & Physical Theatre – Trained in New York with Yale’s Chris Bayes (Head of Physical Acting), Budi Miller, NYU Tisch’s Julia Proctor, Spymonkey’s Aitor Basauri, Karen Light, and Ryan Pater.
In the Bay Area with James Donlon’s Flying Actor Studio, Berkeley Rep, and Elizabeth Baron.
Certification in theatrical choreography with New International Performing Arts Institute in Berlin.
Devising – Trained in Lecoq based physical theatre methods with Pig Iron and in playwriting with The Assembly in New York.
Drama Therapy – Workshops with the Center for The Living Arts. My training helps students deepen their character work by attuning more fully with inner worlds and psyches.
Mythology – Completed multiple Pacifica Graduate Institute Certificate in Applied Mythology programs and the Centre for Applied Jungian Studies alchemy two year program. Both help me coach students to draw out material from inner worlds and build characters archetypally.