Bio/Resume
Theatre/Film Director
MFA - University of California - Los Angeles
Co-Founder/Producing Artistic Director, New Stage Collective
Musician
BM - New York University Steinhardt
Music Director/Conductor
Piano/Keyboards
Electronic Music Design
Educator
Dean of Theater,
New World School of the Arts
Previously:
Assistant Professor & Head of Musical Theater, Ohio University
Associate Professor & BFA Program Coord., University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Bio
Alan Patrick Kenny is a theater director, dean, and curriculum architect whose work spans professional theater, conservatory training, and academic program leadership. He currently serves as Dean of Theater at New World School of the Arts in Miami, a NAST-accredited conservatory, serving students across a magnet high school and BFA college programs in partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami Dade College, and the University of Florida.
Since joining NWSA in 2022, Kenny has led a complete reinvention of the division's curriculum, production philosophy, and operational infrastructure. His productions have been selected three consecutive years as Florida's representative at the Southeastern Theatre Conference — the first time in the school's history. His production of Cyrano de Bergerac, in Martin Crimp's radical adaptation, was selected as a mainstage production at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival's Region IV festival, earning national awards including the Citizen Artist Award. His direction of Passion received a KCACTF directing nomination. He directs and produces NWSA's annual Rising Stars showcase at the Adrienne Arsht Center's Ziff Ballet Opera House, the second-largest performing arts stage in the United States.
As a freelance director, Kenny's work includes Equus at New Edgecliff Theatre (Cincinnati Enquirer Critic's Pick; Cincinnati CityBeat Grade A), What the Butler Saw at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in Los Angeles, and Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 at Tantrum Theater, the first US production following the original Broadway run.
He founded and led New Stage Collective in Cincinnati from 2003 to 2009, growing the company from nothing to a $250,000 annual budget and a permanent performance space in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, producing 32 productions across seven seasons.
Kenny holds an MFA in Theatre Directing from UCLA and a BM in Vocal Performance from NYU Steinhardt. He has published with Oxford University Press and Routledge/Taylor & Francis.