MIRA LAMSON KLEIN (she/her) is an actor, director, and writer from Cleveland, Ohio, with a passion for Shakespeare, comedy, and the development and production of new theater. She recently completed a year as the Special Events Apprentice in the Development Department at Baltimore Center Stage in Baltimore, Maryland. In Cleveland Mira has worked with the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, Rubber City Theatre, and Playwrights Local. She directed Unison, a new musical comedy with Book, Music, and Lyrics by Adina Kruskal, at the Chicago Musical Theatre Festival produced by Underscore Theatre. Unison won the award for Best Ensemble as well as being nominated for Best Director, Best of the Fest, and Most Promising Musical, among others. Mira has trained at the Accademia dell'Arte in Arezzo, Italy, Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, Saratoga Shakespeare in Saratoga Springs, New York, Dobama Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio, and the National High School Institute at Northwestern University (Cherubs).
Favorite acting credits include: Exeter in Henry V; Kreon in Judith Malina's translation of Bertol Brecht's Antigone; Margaret in Henry VI Part 1; Luce in The Comedy of Errors; and Hecate in Macbeth. Further acting credits can be found on her resume.
Favorite directing credits include: Unison book, music, and lyrics by Adina Kruskal; Knights of the Sales Office by Hank Greene; and Life Is Like, a play she co-wrote with Auds Trotta and produced at the 2015 PortFringe Festival in Portland, Maine. Further directing credits can be found on her resume.
Favorite acting credits include: Exeter in Henry V; Kreon in Judith Malina's translation of Bertol Brecht's Antigone; Margaret in Henry VI Part 1; Luce in The Comedy of Errors; and Hecate in Macbeth. Further acting credits can be found on her resume.
Favorite directing credits include: Unison book, music, and lyrics by Adina Kruskal; Knights of the Sales Office by Hank Greene; and Life Is Like, a play she co-wrote with Auds Trotta and produced at the 2015 PortFringe Festival in Portland, Maine. Further directing credits can be found on her resume.
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"You can often deliver a greater truth through comedy. It doesn’t need to be some profound experience to make you think. It can make you laugh and then make you think."
5 Questions for "Knights of the Sales Office" Director Mira Lamson Klein by Zoe Lesser "The volatile relationship between Antigone (Ellie Strayer ’20) and Kreon, Ruler of Thebes (Mira Klein ’18) was not only the crux of the play’s tension, but was also at the helm of the production’s political message."
Studio Lab #3: Antigone by Katie Jacobsen |
"No matter what age we are, I think everyone is searching for a community of people who share the things they are passionate about."
Leading Ladies: The Direction is Female by Ziggy Schulting
Leading Ladies: The Direction is Female by Ziggy Schulting
"The cast clearly became deeply involved in the production, and their enthusiasm is visible in every scene."
Playwright's Lab: Unison by Em Miller
Playwright's Lab: Unison by Em Miller
"Klein humorously takes a jab at bland office life through an amalgamation of less-than realistic props. A block of cardboard becomes a phone, a pen’s clicker becomes a mouse, and empty space becomes a computer screen. These creative choices give way to a world in which the characters can truly play and shine."
Spring 2017 Studio Lab #2 "Knights of the Sales Office" by Sarah Marlin
Spring 2017 Studio Lab #2 "Knights of the Sales Office" by Sarah Marlin
Cover photo: as Hecate in MACBETH. Photo by Sue Kessler.
