Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Recent Theatre Experience
Film Experience
Affiliations
Additional Information
Timeline
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Kari  Kennon

Kari Kennon

Shreveport,LA

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Ensemble Member

Janice Aiken Student Recital
Shreveport, LA
04.2024 - 04.2024

2nd Alto

Janice Aiken Faculty Recital
Texarkana, TX
08.2019 - 2019

Shark Girl "West Side Story"

Shreveport Opera
Shreveport , LA
2018 - 2018

Lead Singer at Christmas in the Sky

Chuck Kesilman
Shreveport , LA
11.2010 - 12.2010
  • We were on one of the many stages for several hours delivering Beatles music to SRAC supporters for their fundraiser.

Ensemble

Centenary College Musical Theatre Group
Shreveport, LA
2008 - 2009

Chorus Member

"Tosca" Shreveport Opera
Shreveport, LA
09.2024 - 11.2024

Education

MBA - Business

Centenary College of Louisiana
Shreveport
05.2022

Bachelor of Arts - Theatre

Centenary College of Louisiana
Shreveport
05.2011

Skills

  • Lyric Mezzo Soprano
  • Stage Management
  • Light board and Sound board operator
  • Script Development
  • Event planning

Recent Theatre Experience

  • Played Piano and acted as Foley Artist for "It's A Wonderful Life Radio Show", 2016
  • Played Mona Monet in "Drop Dead", directed by Mike Martindale, 2017
  • Played Hermia in "Dead Man's Cell Phone", directed by John Daniel, 2017
  • Sound Board Operator for "On Golden Pond" directed by Mary Joris, 2018
  • Improvisation and Theatre Games Teacher, 2019-2020
  • Workshops at The Groundlings, Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade, 2019
  • Sound Board Operator for "Family Planning" directed by Robert Alford, 2019
  • Light Board operator for "The Lady With All the Answers" directed by David Brown, 2021
  • Sound Tech for "Little Shop of Horrors" directed by Laura Beeman Nugent, 2022
  • Light Board Operator, "Driving Miss Daisy", directed by Patric McWilliams, 2023
  • Sound Tech, "Anything Goes", directed by Laura Beeman Nugent, 2023
  • Stage Manager, "Always, Patsy Cline" directed by Dr. Robert Darrow, 2023

Film Experience

  • 1st Assistant Director for "Maker of Dreams" reenactment scenes, 2022
  • Associate Producer for "Ruminant" directed by Jeremy Enis and "Cosmic" directed by Calvin O'Neal for the Louisiana Film Prize, 2022
  • Associate Producer for "Dust", 2021 directed by Jeremy Enis (won the Visionary Award given by the Robinson Film Center, 2023)
  • Produced and Directed "Hard Up", a dark comedy in 2021
  • Played the role of Melody in "All Shook Up", directed by Matthew Ramsaur 2020
  • Produced and Directed "Fast Forward Style", a romantic comedy, 2019
  • Produced and Directed "Charlie", a film about Charlie Bethel, 2018

Affiliations

  • Served on the Board of Directors of The Shreveport Optimist Club (a civic club similar to Rotary) as well as Vice President and President

Additional Information

Over the past ten years I have primarily worked further my career as a filmmaker. I have produced and directed short films for the Louisiana Film Prize which have been screened all over the country including Silicon Valley International Film Festival and The Valley Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Timeline

Chorus Member

"Tosca" Shreveport Opera
09.2024 - 11.2024

Ensemble Member

Janice Aiken Student Recital
04.2024 - 04.2024

2nd Alto

Janice Aiken Faculty Recital
08.2019 - 2019

Lead Singer at Christmas in the Sky

Chuck Kesilman
11.2010 - 12.2010

Shark Girl "West Side Story"

Shreveport Opera
2018 - 2018

Ensemble

Centenary College Musical Theatre Group
2008 - 2009

MBA - Business

Centenary College of Louisiana

Bachelor of Arts - Theatre

Centenary College of Louisiana
Kari Kennon