kef theatrical productions

Adam Fitzgerald- Artistic Director

Adam is a founding member of kef theatrical productions. With kef, Adam has directed many productions and readings including Killing Women, Lyric is Waiting, V, Roll, Corpus Christi, Artists Rising, Michael Pesce’s Old Fashioned Piano Party, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl and The Female Terrorist Project. In the past, Adam has served as a Directing Fellow at Playwrights Horizons assisting Wilson Milam, Bartlett Sher and Kate Whoriskey on plays by Nicky Silver (Three Changes with Maura Tierney), Craig Lucas (Prayer for my Enemy with Victoria Clark and Jonathan Groff) and Christina Anderson (Inked Baby with LaChanze); as the Artistic Associate at Playhouse West (where his production of Defiance garnered Critics Circle nominations for Director and Production; Top Ten Productions of 2007 by the Contra Costa Times) and the Associate General Manager at Theatre Row. Other directing credits include Ground Up Productions, EST Youngbloods, 12 Miles West, Diverse City Theater, First Look Theatre Co. (NYU), The SF Theater Festival, WE Theater (with Ironjaw Productions) and the FringeNYC (at the Cherry Lane) and Fringe Encores (at Soho Playhouse) productions of A Contemporary American’s Guide to Modern Marriage © 1959.  Current projects in development include Steven Strafford’s Methtacular!  and Don Creedon’s The Lobby (Producer Ellen Cohn). 

Lori Prince – Producing Director

Lori is a founding member of kef theatrical productions. As an actor with kef: First Prize, Killing Women, Lyric is Waiting and Roll. Other theater credits include: Nine/Twelve Tapes (Theater for the New City), Educating Rita (Triad Stage), Sarah, Sarah (Manhattan Theatre Club), Pride and Prejudice (Denver Center Theater Company), Rocket City (Alabama Shakespeare Festival) Midusmmer Night's Dream (Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival), Pirandello’s Henry IV (St. Louis Repertory), The Front Page (Playmakers Repertory), Hamlet and Key West (Geva Theatre Center), Lobby Hero (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre), The Book of Ruth (Alliance Theatre Company), A View From The Bridge (Theatrefest), And Then They Came For Me (George Street Playhouse). Film:  212, Johnny Montana and Last Call. TV: Are We There Yet?, Law and Order, Law & Order: SVU and As The World Turns. She has a BFA in Acting from Syracuse University.

Kimberly Strafford – Director of Outreach and Education

Kimberly is a teaching artist, actress, and longtime member of kef theatrical productions.  With kef, Kimberly implemented outreach programs for School's Out , 'Tis the !@#$%-ing Season and Lyric is Waiting.  Kimberly has created and facilitated countless residencies throughout NYC for public schools, nursing homes, mental health facilities and prisons.  Past positions include: Education/Outreach Officer for The Abbey Theatre-Dublin IRE, Artist-in-residence for the MA Department of Mental Health, Curriculum Director for the Rebel Shakespeare Company,  and Facilitator for The Young Actors Workshop in Syracuse NY, a theatre  group for young adults with Downs Syndrome. Kimberly earned her MA in Theatre Education from Emerson College and a BFA in Acting from Syracuse University. She is currently creating a new story-telling curriculum for students with autism. Kimberly is a proud member of AEA

Adam J. Rosen – Associate Producer

Adam is an attorney and producer in New York City . Credits include: The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre (The Duplex, Joe's Pub, Le Poisson Rouge), The Molly Pope Show (Joe's Pub), Matt Sigl: Unstuck in Time (Ars Nova, MAC Award), Unlock’d (NYMF, Best of Fest Award), An Evening with Ewalt and Walker (Playwrights Horizons), Inventing Avi (Abingdon Theatre Company), and the independent film “Another Gay Sequel.” Adam holds degrees from Yale University, Pace University and the New York University School of Law. He practices entertainment law in Manhattan.