Kyle T. Hester

Regional theatre credits include Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet (Santa Cruz Shakespeare), The Canadians (South Coast Repertory), Arms and the Man (Jewel Theatre Company), The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley and The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged (Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara), Wild Goose Dreams (La Jolla Playhouse), King Lear (Harold Clurman Lab Theatre), Measure STILL for Measure (Boston Court), Design for Living (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble), and Girlfriend (Dezart Performs). Kyle can also be heard in Play On Shakespeare’s audioplay podcasts of The Taming of the Shrew as well as Amy Freed’s adaptation Shrew! as Tranio. In addition to acting, Kyle is a dedicated and enthusiastic educator, currently on faculty teaching Shakespeare at the Art of Acting Studio in Los Angeles, the West Coast sister school of the Stella Adler Studio in New York. He received his M.F.A. from UC San Diego and B.F.A. from NYU Tisch. For more information or to check out some of Kyle’s art visit www.kylethester.com or @kyle.t.hester on Instagram.