Keith Lee Grant

Full Professor
Theatre

Division of Humanities and the Arts

Office: Compton-Goethals 311
Phone: 212-650-5960
E-mail: kgrant@ccny.cuny.edu

About Keith Lee Grant

Educational Philosophy
My primary goal as a teacher of theatre arts is to prepare my students for the challenges that they will undoubtedly encounter when they move on to graduate programs or into professional careers. A comprehensive curriculum (voice, movement, acting technique, theatre history and text analysis etc.) is paramount to the achievement of this goal. Consequently, I work to expose my students to a diverse and challenging range of exercises, projects, texts and written assignments that will prepare them for their professional careers as actors, directors, producers, designers or stage technicians etc.

Education

M.F.A. The Yale Drama School
M.A. The Pennsylvania State University
B.F.A. The University of Utah
Certificate: The American Conservatory Theater's Actor Training Program

Other Training and Education

Alvin Ailey Dance Center
Society of Fight Directors and Choreographers, Utah Shakespeare Festival
Repertory Dance Theater Summer Workshop 1974
STEPS Dance Center
Theater for a New Audience, Summer Shakespeare Workshop 2002

Professional Associations

The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers : Full Member (2006-Present)
Harlem Repertory Theatre, Founder and Artistic Director (2004-Present)
Oregon Dance Theater (Artistic Coordinator 1987-89)
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (1982-Present)
Actors Equity Association (1984-Present)
Screen Actor's Guild (2012-Present)

Acting (Partial List)

Broadway/National
RAGTIME (Booker T. Washington/ Coalhouse U/S)
MARIE CHRISTINE (Jean L’Adresse)
SHOW BOAT (Ensemble)

Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway
THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL…, Playwrights Horizon
ABIE’S ISLAND ROSE, The Jewish Repertory Theatre
REUNION, Amas Musical Theatre
IN DAHOMEY, New Federal Theatre
SPIN, York Theatre (reading)
GENEOLOGY, Performance Space 122
THE THREE WILLIES, The Kitchen Theatre

REGIONAL/ACTING (Representative)
The Yale Repertory Theatre
LOVE’S LABOURS LOST
TIMON OF ATHENS
BEEF NO CHICKEN
MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS (understudy)

Ashland Oregon Shakespeare Festival
THE TEMPEST
HENRY VI part 2
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
A TASTE OF HONEY
MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDRES
TARTUFF
KING LEAR

Indiana Repertory Theatre
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Syracuse Stage
A CHRISTMAS CAROL

The Connecticut Repertory Theatre
FENCES
ANYTHING GOES

The Pioneer Theatre
KISS ME KATE
SHE LOVES ME
NO NO NANETTE
MY FAIR LADY

Theatre 138
CARNIVAL
JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS
GYPSY
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
THE REHEARSAL

Atlantic Theatre Company (Barnstable, MA)
A MIDSUMMERS NIGHT’S DREAM
THE THREE PENNY OPERA
THE ROOT OF THE MANDRAKE

The Ivoryton Playhouse
JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS
A JEROME KERN REVUE

North Shore Musical Theatre
ABYSSINIA

Jazz Dance Theater (Guest Artist)

Television
All My Children
Another World
One Life to Live
The Edge of Night
Jazz (Voice-over, Ken Burns Series)
The Jay Leno Show

Directing/Choreography

(Partial List)
(** = Productions Directed and Choreographed)
(* = Productions Directed)

Theatre For The New City
FLAHOOLEY**

Hamilton, Bermuda
DREAMGIRLS**

The Cincinnati Opera
MARGARET GARNER (Selected Scenes)**

The Germantown Performing Arts Center (Memphis, TN)
THE PROMISE (Opera)**

Theaterworks USA
THE COLOR OF JUSTICE (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 NATIONAL TOUR)*
PLAY TO WIN (2006 NATIONAL TOUR)**
ROSA PARKS (2008 Workshop)**

The Harlem Repertory Theater

DREAMGIRLS 2012 Revival**
AIN’T MISBEHAVIN**
AS YOU LIKE IT**
FINIAN’S RAINBOW**
TAMBOURINES TO GLORY**
THE WIZ**
VODU**
HAIR**
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND**
CABARET**
DREAMGIRLS**
BYE BYE BIRDIE**
THE WIZ (2009 Revival)**
FLAHOOLEY**

The Connecticut Rep
SOUTH PACIFIC**
CARNIVAL**
PIPPIN (Choreography Only)

The Nebraska Repertory Theatre
SHE LOVES ME**
PIPPIN**

The Yale Cabaret
2x2x4**

Dartmouth College
BLUES FOR MISTER CHARLIE*

NYU Tisch School of the Arts
SHORT EYES*
DUTCHMAN*
TAMBOURINES TO GLORY*

NYU HotInk New Play Reading Festival
ALKI*
REMEMBERANCE*
SWEET MAMA STRINGBEAN**

Cornell University
WEST SIDE STORY**
AS YOU LIKE IT*
THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE**
CABARET**
THE DANCE AND THE RAILROAD*

The Stella Adler Conservatory
TAMBOURINES TO GLORY**

Ashland Shakespeare Festival (Black Swan Project)
MY FAVORITE THINGS**
THE APPLE TREE**

Summer Music Theatre
MAME**
BYE BYE BIRDIE**

The University of Nebraska
SWEENEY TODD**
PIPPIN**
THE DEVILS*
PICNIC*
BROADWAY MELODIES**
LA CABARET**
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Choreography Only)

Western Illinois University
COWBOY MOUTH*
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC**
SWEET CHARITY**
AS YOU LIKE IT**
ADVENTURES TO NEVER NEVER LAND**
CABARET **
TRAVESTIES (Choreography Only)
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW(Choreography Only)

The City College of New York
THE APPLE TREE**
WEST SIDE STORY**
HAIR**
CABARET**
A BRONX CHRISTMAS CAROL**
THE WIZARD OF OZ**
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN**
DREAMGIRLS (Workshop)**
PERICLES (Choreography Only)
THE WINTER'S TALE (Choreography Only)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Choreography Only)

Courses Regularly Taught

Introduction to Theatre
Theatre History 3
Acting 1
Black Theatre USA part 2

Publications

“An Acting Experience”
The Actor's Image : Movement Training For Stage and Screen by Jean Sabatine
Backstage Books, 1995 (pp 97 - 102)

“Introduction”
Jazz Dance Theatre Technique DVD by Jean Sabatine, Directed by Keith Lee Grant, Produced by the University of Connecticut - Storrs
Released by Insight Media, January 2010

AWARDS AND GRANTS

Yale University, Leon Burkes Walker Scholarship
The American Conservatory Theatre, Performance Scholarship
Luther College, Academic Scholarship
2010 AUDELCO Award for Best Director of a Musical
2010 AUDELCO Award for Best Choreographer of a Musical
2010 AUDELCO Nomination for Outstanding Musical Production
2009 AUDELCO Nomination for Best Director of a Musical
2009 AUDELCO Nomination for Best Choreography
2009 AUDELCO Nomination for Musical Production of the Year
2009 Yip Harburg Foundation Grant
2004 Impact Ensemble Theatre's Dream-keeper Award

RECORDINGS

ABIE'S ISLAND ROSE: Original Cast Album (With Heather MacRae, Steven Rosen and Carla Woods)

MARIE CHRISTINE: Original Cast Album (With Audra MacDonald, Mary Testa, Vivian Reed and Darius DeHass

REUNION: Original Cast Album (with Don Burroughs, Donna Lynne Champlin, Jonathan Hadley and Harriet Foy)

Last Updated: 8/10/12