Kiara Pipino

Kiara Pipino's directing credits include classics and new work staged across the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asia, from Shakespeare and contemporary drama with Prague Shakespeare Company in the Czech Republic and the world premiere of Wendy MacLeod's Basta! at Teatro Nazionale di Genova in Italy, to Arete Productions in Manila, Philippines, and Bangkok Theatre Company in Thailand.

Her approach is physical and visual, rooted in movement, and consistently drawn toward classical work and new plays that center women rewriting their own stories and push for social change. Ms. Pipino is an Associate Professor of Theatre at SUNY Oneonta and a U.S. Fulbright Specialist Scholar, an honor that took her to the Philippines in 2024. She is equally passionate about theatre's power to transform, and about passing that on to the next generation of theatre artists in the classroom and on stage.

She received a Broadway World Award for Best Director of a Play for The Half Life of Marie Curie and a Distinguished Achievement in Dramaturgy citation and multiple Meritorious Achievement Awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Ms. Pipino received her M.F.A. in Directing from the University of Arkansas. Upcoming projects include Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet with Prague Shakespeare Company.