Position: Assistant Professor, Head of Performance Faculty
Department: College of Arts, Education, and Humanities
Phone: 610-282-1100, x2276
Office: 121 Labuda Center
K. O’Rourke (She/They) - A bicoastal artist and proud union member (AEA, SAG-AFTRA). Regional theater recognition includes Barrymore nominations for Best Featured Performance: Detroit (Philadelphia Theater Company), Taming of the Shrew (Lantern Theater Company). Barrymore nominations for Outstanding Choreography: Jane Eyre (Philadelphia Artist Collective) Emma (Lantern Theater Company) It Girl (Simpatico Theater), Anna (EgoPo Classic Theatre), Lovesong (Inis Nua Theater Company).
Research/Studies: Intimacy Coordination and Direction, consent-forward spaces for stage and film, physical training for the actor, and the Russian language. Certified yoga instructor (ashtanga-based vinyasa). Experience with Zen meditation at the San Francisco Zen Center as a guest student. She continues to develop the ways in which that practice is able to inform all her affairs. Director of Programming for LA/Philly nonprofit Dancing With The Students.
Recent and current international exchange: Frantic Assembly USA Devised Theatre Intensive (LA, January 2024) and The Ramayana in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (EgoPo Classic Theater, Kalanari Theatre Movement, Papermoon Puppet Theatre), which will culminate in June of 2023 when the US team hosts the Indonesian ensemble members for a public performance in FDR Park in South Philadelphia in collaboration with the Philadelphia Indonesian Cultural and Heritage Festival.
Education: MA, Theatre Studies (Villanova University), MFA, Theater - Acting (Temple University)