Kayla Feldman

Pronouns: she/they

British-American, Queer, neurodivergent, Jewish director and writer with a background in poetry and solo performance. I was part of the inaugural cohort of the Royal Court Theatre's NO BORDERS Artists Project. My main focus is working in close collaboration with writers on new and urgent work. I have taught at Mountview, East 15, Identity School of Acting, Caspa Arts, and Stagecoach. I was a Co-Founder of Snapper Theatre, was the Associate Producer for Maiden Speech Festival in 2019, and have been a script-reader for Hampstead Theatre and a literary associate for Abingdon Theatre Company in New York.

In 2023 my play Watchdog was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Playwriting, shortlisted for the RSC 37 Plays Project, and longlisted for Theatre503's International Playwriting Prize. In 2022 it received an honourable mention from the Jewish Playwriting Prize and was a top-ten finalist for Titchfield Festival Theatre's Playwriting Award.

Credits

DIRECTOR, Puppy, Kings Head Theatre, 5 weeks, 2025

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, East Is South (dir. Ellen McDougall), 4 weeks, 2025

WRITER, Untaming (original commission), LEH Write The Girl, 2025

DIRECTOR, Pickle, Soho Theatre, 2 weeks, 2024

DIRECTOR, Joy (short film), 2023

DIRECTOR, The Summer Six, Adam Line Creative (R&D), 2023

DIRECTOR, The Arc, Soho Theatre, 2 weeks, 2023

DIRECTOR, Pickle, Soho Theatre, 3 days, 2023

DIRECTOR, Right Dishonourable Friend, VAULT Festival, 1 week, 2023

DIRECTOR, Pickle, Park Theatre, Manchester Jewish Museum, Radlett Centre, 2 weeks + 2 tour performances, 2022-23 *NOMINATED: 3x OFFIES*

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Bad Jews (dir. Jon Pashley), Arts Theatre, 11 weeks, 2022

DIRECTOR, Pickle, Park Theatre, 1 week, 2022

DIRECTOR, Swimming, White Bear Theatre, 3 weeks, 2021 *FINALIST: STANDING OVATION AWARD*

DIRECTOR, Dear Peter, Iris Theatre, 2 days, 2020

DIRECTOR, Stones Around My Neck, Bare E-ssentials, 1 day, 2020

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Sleepwalking, (dir. Audrey Sheffield) Hampstead Theatre, 5 weeks (disrupted due to Covid-19), 2020

DIRECTOR/WRITER, Can't Stop Won't Stop, Tristan Bates Theatre, 4 days, 2019

DIRECTOR, Dear Peter, Tristan Bates Theatre, 2 days, 2019

WRITER/PERFORMER, Hear Me Out, Camden People's Theatre, 1 day, 2019

PRODUCER, Thomas, VAULT Festival, 1 week, 2019

WRITER/PERFORMER, Hear Me Out, Tristan Bates Theatre, 3 days, 2018

DIRECTOR, A-Gay, Smock Alley Theatre Dublin, 2 days, 2019

DIRECTOR, We've Been Bette..., Theatre503, 2 days, 2018

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Acceptance (dir. Anna Ledwich), Hampstead Theatre, 5 weeks, 2018

DIRECTOR, The Knock, Southwark Playhouse, 1 day, 2018

DIRECTOR, The Colony, The Vaults, 1 day, 2018

DIRECTOR, Lobster, Theatre503, 2 weeks, 2018

DIRECTOR, April, May, and June, Old Red Lion, 2 days, 2017

DIRECTOR, Should've Gone to Lourdes, Arts Theatre, 2 days, 2017

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Grand Hotel, Unicorn Theatre, 2 weeks, 2017

DIRECTOR, Lobster, Karamel Club, 3 days, 2017

DIRECTOR, Numbers, Mountview, 1 day, 2017

Training

Directors Lab North, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto (2019)

Shakespeare's Globe Directing Studio

M.A. Theatre Directing, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts (2016-17)

B.A. (Hons) Theatre and Performance (International), University of Leeds (2012-16)

Additional training:
- Working with the Visually Impaired, Part of the Main, 2024
- Fire Marshal qualification, Siren Training, 2023
- Emergency First Aid At Work, Siren Training, 2023
- Unconscious Bias training, Tonic Theatre, 2023