Teaching practice

Educator.

Kimberly Senior

Her classroom extends the same practice as her rehearsal room — ask better questions, listen longer, and let the group find the answer together.

Kimberly Senior teaching, notebook in hand
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Articulating Your Point of View
Five Mondays online, 1/25 – 2/22/2027, 2–5pm ET · For actors, directors, designers, makers and humans · Six spots, $350
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Current
Yale University
MFA Directing Program · Director/Design Collaboration
University of Notre Dame
Artist in Residence · “Point of View” Masterclass
Brown University / Trinity Rep
MFA Programs in Acting & Directing

She recently completed a term running the MFA Directing program at Brooklyn College as Interim Head, and has taught for dozens of other MFA and BFA programs across the country. Outside the classroom, she works one-on-one with actors on auditions, self-tapes and roles, and with directors on productions and applications, through private coaching.

Point of View: A Masterclass with Kimberly Senior, University of Notre Dame
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Point of View

Her masterclass on how perspective shapes storytelling, brought to the University of Notre Dame during her residency there.

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Teaching history
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Yale UniversityMFA Directing — Director/Design CollaborationCurrent
University of Notre DameArtist in Residence · “Point of View” Masterclass2026
Brown University / Trinity Rep MFAProfessional Development, Advanced Acting, Articulating Your Point of ViewCurrent
Manhattanville UniversityAdjunct Lecturer — Acting I, Acting III, Directing I2026
Brooklyn CollegeInterim Head, MFA Directing ProgramRecent
New York UniversityStrasberg Institute — Working With the Director 
University of Rhode IslandResident Guest Artist2021
Connecticut CollegeAdvanced Acting 
University of ChicagoGuest Lecturer — Advanced Scene Study2011
Columbia College ChicagoAdjunct Professor of Theatre — Text Analysis, Dramaturgy, Acting Styles III (Chekhov)2007–2015
DePaul UniversityAdjunct Professor of Design — Theatrical Collaboration2005–2011
Steppenwolf for Young AdultsAdministrator & Resident Artist10 years
Primary Stages / ESPAFrequent guest teacher 
Court Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Redmoon Theater, Roadworks Productions, Victory Gardens, Metropolis, Act One Studios, Acting Studio ChicagoPrograms run or taught in Chicago 
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, Carnegie Mellon UniversityAdditional master classes 
Free virtual masterclassOpen session on directing practice 
Academic Directing
BobRauschenbergAmericaCharles MeeConnecticut College · 2017
We Go Round and RoundAdapted by Kimberly Senior from Arthur Schnitzler's La RondeBrown University / Trinity MFA Consortium · 2016
Bernarda AlbaMichael John La Chiusa, from Federico García LorcaColumbia College Chicago · 2011
Boys' Life, Blood Wedding, Self Defense, All in the Timing, The Laramie Project, Joe Pintauro One Acts, Lanford Wilson One ActsVarious playwrightsAct One Studios Conservatory · 2007–2011
The Rose TattooTennessee WilliamsUniversity of Chicago · 2010
Thieves Like UsDamon Kiely, from the book by Edward AndersonDePaul University, The Theatre School · 2010
The Glass Menagerie, Born YesterdayTennessee Williams; Garson KaninOakton College · 2007–2008
Christmas TwistIllegitimate PlayersCollege of DuPage · 2004
AtalantaAdapted by Kimberly SeniorNational Louis University · 2003
Words Are Something ElseAdapted by Lauren McConnell from David AlbahariNorthwestern University · 1999
Honors
Columbia College Excellence in Teaching Award2010
Primary Stages Einhorn Mentorship Award2018
Kimberly Senior

Whether in a university studio or a professional rehearsal hall, the goal is the same: build the conditions for a room to think together, rather than hand down a single interpretation.

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