About Me
Hello! My name is Kira Wefers, and I am a theatrical director, choreographer, intimacy choreographer, performer, filmmaker, academic, and UC Berkeley student. Through my work with BareStage Productions, UC Berkeley’s TDPS Department, Untitled Theater Company, and the Oakland Theater Project, I have grown into the creative and leader I am today, and I am continuing to grow every day.
I pride myself on creating abstract, expressionist, and inspired works, as well as fostering positive, compassionate, and inclusive rehearsal and performance spaces. I am constantly striving to improve my craft and my abilities, searching for opportunities to grow. My training in intimacy choreography, as well as directing and choreography, strongly influences the way that I approach the theater, as I aim to create challenging and unique works of theater using consent-based and trauma-informed practices.
I hope you will join me in my quest to craft revolutionary works of theater and collaborative, expansive spaces for creatives and audiences alike. Thank you for reading, and I’d love to hear from you soon!
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Directing Experience
Kira Wefers is a director, choreographer, intimacy choreographer, and student currently working with UC Berkeley’s student-produced theater company, BareStage Productions, the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, and beyond!
Previously, Kira has directed Spring Awakening and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and choreographed Cabaret, all through BareStage Productions, in addition to directing, choreographing, intimacy choreographing, and music managing numerous shows and showcase pieces across numerous theaters and performance groups.
Kira is also BareStage’s Resident Intimacy Choreographer, using their training from Theatrical Intimacy Education to promote consent-based and trauma-informed theatrical spaces.
Kira is currently working on an honors workshop production through UC Berkeley, using experimental and queer theater theories and practices.
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