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June 24 - October 3, 2026

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June 23 - September 4, 2026

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July 14 - October 3, 2026

Geoffrey Kent

(he/they)

Director/Fight Director––See How They Run, Fight Director––Troilus and Cressida

Previously at the Festival: Director/Fight Director––The Play That Goes Wrong; Fight Director––2009: Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), 2017: As You Like It, Treasure Island, Shakespeare in Love, 2018: Henry 6 Part 1, Merry Wives of Windsor, 2025: Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, Macbeth; numberous seasons as an actor as well

Other Direction: An Act of God (Denver Center for the Performing Arts); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Noises Off, Our Town, The Liar, Murder on the Orient Express, Waiting for Godot and more (Arvada Center); The 39 Steps, Grapes of Wrath, The Santaland Diaries, It’s a Wonderful Life (Theatreworks CS); She Kills Monsters, Metamorphoses (Aurora Fox).\

Other Fight Direction: fourteen seasons with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, twenty-five with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, three with Orlando Shakespeare Theater also Opera Colorado, Aspen/Sante Fe Ballet, ASOLO REP, American Shakespeare Center, Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities and others.
Awards: Henry Award, Excellence in Fight Direction, Colorado

Teaching Credits: Stage Combat at the University of Denver, ASOLO MFA, National Theatre Conservatory, North Carolina School of the Arts and others

Professional Affiliations: Actors’ Equity Association, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

Website: geoffreykent.com

Instagram: @geoffreykent

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