Bess Kaye
Bess Kaye
Assistant Stage Combat Instructor and Resident Intimacy Choreographer, Classical Acting Program
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Bess is a Fight Director and Intimacy Choreographer for stage and screen in the Washington, DC area. She is an Advanced Actor Combatant and Associate Instructor with the Society of American Fight Directors having taught stage combat and intimacy best practices at regional workshops across the nation. She is a guest instructor for the Noble Blades Stage Combat Troupe and stage combat instructor for several schools in Arlington and Fairfax County. Her physical story-telling has been seen at Monumental Theatre, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Avant Bard, the Washington Stage Guild, and Flying V Theater among others. She is also the Resident Fight and Intimacy Director for the Devil's Isle Shakespeare Company based in Bermuda, despite not living on the island. Bess holds an MFA from the Academy of Classical Acting class of 2018 and a BA in Theatre Arts from the College of William & Mary.