Kelly Lynn Hogan

Visiting Instructor

General Interests
"Influenced by the collaborative performances I've worked to create in the profession, I practice a teaching methodology derived from the belief that our human bodies always, already intrinsically possess a deep, mythic power to make and display meaningful artistic forms. I've found that a combination of Jacques Lecoq (work with elements in particular), Rudolf Laban (the 8 basic efforts) and Michael Chekhov (psychological impulse/gesture) movement techniques are profound practices to introduce novice, developing actors to the vocabulary and into the practice of embodying meaning-making, and subsequently, into the process of owning their experiences as creators. Simply put, the creation of an embodied life to offer up in performance is a spiritual, mystical act of trust in one's own body's capacity to hold meaning. This is the root of the philosophy I want to share as a mentor."

Education
M.A., Performance Studies, 1995, Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
B.A., with Honors, English-Creative Writing and Theatre, 1992, Knox College.

Teaching Interests
Embodiment/Inhabitation & movement theory, physical theatre, performance of identity, ethnography and performitivity, sexuality/gender on stage, feminist theory and performance, Latino/a cultural studies, aesthetics of everyday life, politics of culture, diaspora studies, power and imitation, performance art.

Recent Recognition
Member-at-Large Officer, Performance Studies Focus Group of the Association of Theatre in Higher Education, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 2007.

Joseph Jefferson Committee recommendation for performances of "Death on a Pink Carpet" and "Blind Tasting," Live Bait Theater, Chicago, Illinois, 2002 and 2003.

Joseph Jefferson Committee recommendation for performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Court Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1998.

Awards
Joseph Jefferson Committee citation for best ensemble performance in "Blind Tasting" for Live Bait Theater, Chicago, Illinois, Awarded September 2003.

Grants
Knox College Travel & Research Funding to the July 2008 Association of Theatre in Higher Education Annual Conference in Denver, Awarded June 2008.

University of Chicago Research Funding to April 2008 Midwest Faculty eminar "Mind, Brain, and World: On Embodied Cognition," Awarded March 2008.

Knox College Travel & Research Funding to the July 2007 Association of Theatre in Higher Education Annual Conference in New Orleans, Awarded May 2007.

Knox College Research Funding for Winter 2007 Assistant Direction of "The Heidi Chronicles" at St. Louis Repertory, Awarded May 2007.

Recent Accomplishments
Productions (Selected Stage History)
Director, Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill. Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, 2007.

Assistant Director, The Heidi Chronicles by Wendy Wasserstein. The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, 2007.

Kattrin, Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht. Vitalist Theatre at The Theater Building, Chicago, Illinois, 2006.

Calphurnia, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Oak Park Festival Theatre, Oak Park, Illinois, 2006.

Creative Ensemble, Mistero Buffo by Dario Fo. Piccolo Theatre, Evanston, Illinois, 2006.

Anna Karenina, Anna Karenina by Helen Edmundson, adapted from the novel by Leo Tolstoy. Vitalist Theatre at The Theater Building, Chicago, Illinois, 2005.

Goneril, King Lear by William Shakespeare. Vitalist Theatre at The Theater Building, Chicago, Illinois, 2004.

Miranda, Blind Tasting by Sharon Evans. Live Bait Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 2003.

Associate Producer, The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol, adapted by Theatre De Complicite (London) from the novella by John Berger. Vitalist Theatre at The Theater Building, Chicago, Illinois, 2003.

Lana Turner, Death on a Pink Carpet by Edward Thomas-Herrera. Live Bait Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 2002.

Director, In Perpetuity Throughout the Universe by Eric Overmyer. Frump Tucker Theatre at Bailiwick Arts, Chicago, Illinois, 1999.

Hermia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. Court Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1998.

Storm, Floating Rhoda and the Glueman by Eve Ensler. Vitalist Theatre at The Blue Rider, Chicago, Illinois, 1998.

Margie, Loose Knit by Teresa Rebeck. Frump Tucker Theatre at Bailiwick Arts, Chicago, Illinois, 1998.

Director, The Conduct of Life by Maria Irene Fornes. Frump Tucker Theatre at National Pastime Theater, Chicago, Illinois, 1998.

Presentations
Respondent, Adjudicated Workshop, Debut and Adapted Acting Exercises. Association of Theatre in Higher Education Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, July 2008.

Presenter, "Reinventing Caliban: Revisioning the Native Ethnic Subject," Emerging Scholars Debut Panel of the Latino/a Focus Group at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference, Denver, Colorado, July 2008.

Guest Lecturer, "Introduction to Performance Studies," Knox College Dept. of Theatre, Galesburg, Illinois, November 2007.

Guest Reader, selections from "Death on a Pink Carpet" by Edward Thomas-Herrera, Live Bait Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, August 2007.

Guest Lecturer, "Marketing Yourself for the Business of Acting," Knox College Dept. of Theatre Repertory Company, Galesburg, Illinois, 2005, 2007.

Guest Reader, anniversary reading of "Joseph Jefferson Award-Cited Blind Tasting" by Sharon Evans, Live Bait Theater, Chicago, Illinois, October 2005.

Guest Interviewee, "848 Morning Show," perspective on "Death on a Pink Carpet" by Edward Thomas-Herrera, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, Chicago, Illinois, May 2002.

Workshop Instructor, "Period Style Movement," University of Chicago, Court Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, February 1999.

Campus & Community Involvement
Member, Association of Theatre in Higher Education.
Member, Association of Theatre Movement Educators.
Member, Theatre Communications Group.
Ensemble/Founding Member, Vitalist Theatre.
Officer—Member-at-Large, Performance Studies Focus Group, ATHE.
Member, Performance Studies International.
Literary Manager, Vitalist Theatre.
Associate Producer, Vitalist Theatre.
Resident Dramaturg, Frump Tucker Theatre Company.
General Manager, Gaia Theatre.

What Students Say
"Energy, dedication, and motivation are what the phoenix of life that we call Kelly Hogan represents. Kelly is not only an instructor but a student who learns from the people she teaches. This is the true philosophy of teaching others how to discover new things within not only their world, but within themselves. Kelly will push you to places that you never knew that you could reach. This instructor is a model for people who allow their inner being to carry them to success. You could be whatever you want to be, but just know Kelly will show you how to be a phoenix. Phoenix - a bird that burns itself on the day of death, to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth, and live through another cycle of years. This means Kelly will teach you and learn anew from you how to be the energetic, dedicated and motivated individual in the field that you study and as a participant in life."
-D'Angelo Smith, Theatre and independent major

"Kelly is passionate about what she professes and that passion is quickly passed on to all of her students. I was lucky to be in a show that Kelly directed and not only did I learn more about theatre and acting, but as she encourages exploration of the theatre in such a gentle way, I ended up learning more about myself. Her office is always open for questions about a class, a play, or even advice. Kelly makes me, as a student, want to continuously improve and better myself. She is teacher in every sense of the word."
-Pamela Schuller, Psychology and a self-designed major in Theater, Outreach and Youth Development

Contact
309-341-7048
khogan@knox.edu