Damon Kiely

DAMON KIELY (Associate Dean of Interdisciplinary Initiatives and Academic Innovation, The Theatre School at DePaul University) is a professional director and writer, and full-time professor of directing and acting at The Theatre School. Select Chicago directing credits include BOY, WEEKEND, and the TimePieces reading of IN THE GROVE OF FORGETTING (TimeLine); HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY (American Blues); MIRACLE (Royal George). Select regional credits include MY FATHER’S WAR (TheatreSquared) and IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY (Gamm Theatre).  Damon is the author of How to Read a Play: Script Analysis for Directors, How to Rehearse a Play: a Practical Guide for Directors, and Play Directing: The Basics, and his world premiere adaptations of THIEVES LIKE US and THE REVEL were produced by the House Theatre of Chicago.

Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society