Hello! My name is Kira Wefers, and I am an LA-based theatrical director, choreographer, intimacy choreographer, and producer, with a desire to explore theater as a social justice practice. I have worked in many facets of the creative field, with additional experience as a performer, filmmaker, teaching artist, academic, musician, playwright, and technician.

I pride myself on creating abstract, expressionist, and Queer works, as well as fostering collaborative, compassionate, and inclusive rehearsal and performance spaces. Each piece I create is not only a work of art, but an opportunity to expand my perspective and ways of thinking. My training in intimacy choreography, as well as directing and choreography, strongly influences the way that I approach the theater, as I aim to create challenging and unconventional works of theater using collaborative consent-based and trauma-informed practices.

I am an incoming student in the Columbia University School of the Arts MFA Theatre cohort, with my concentration being Theater Management and Producing, taking my ethos as a director into my work as a producer. I am a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, with a BA in Theater and Performance Studies (Honors, Departmental Citation) and Film and Media, with a Minor in Dance and Performance Studies. Additionally, I hold a Beginner Diploma from Theatrical Intimacy Education.

I have worked with numerous theater companies, such as BareStage Productions, UC Berkeley’s TDPS Department, Untitled Theater Company, Absolute Theatre Company, Out of the Box Theatre Company, Oakland Theater Project. Through these experiences I have grown into the creative and leader I am today, and I am dedicated to innovation and experimentation in my pursuits as an early-career director. I am excited to carry these experiences with me to New York City as I further my academic and professional career as a theatermaker.