Do you like tabletop RPGs? I might have the perfect job for you. Listen as Kris Kuss, fight director, director, actor, and professor of Acting and Dialects for OCU, discusses the story-telling of fights, breaks down his favorite fight scenes from The Princess Bride, The John Wick Chronicles, and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, discusses why fights happen and what happens when stage fights go wrong, and why it’s so hard to die on stage. We will talk about the fight scenes of Macbeth and how to translate from swords to six-shooters and bowie knives.
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We are getting ready for Hamlet, which opens September 12th, so ask me your Hamlet questions, and I will find you some answers.
Thank you for listening!
Host/Shakespearean Shrew: Dr. Karen Feiner
Co-Creator/Brew Shrew: Michelle Coffman
Cover Art Creator/Artistic Shrew: Katie Kimberling www.halfmaverick.com
Thank you to our guest Kris Kiss.
Kris Kuss teaches Acting and Dialects for Oklahoma City University's School of Theatre. Kris is a director, fight director, actor, and educator from Niceville, FL. He received his MFA in Directing from the University of Southern Mississippi and BAs in Theatre Performance and Philosophy from the University of Mobile. He is committed to supporting and developing the performing arts within our community, having worked with Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Painted Sky Opera, and 3rd Act Theatre Co. Kris has worked for regional theatres and universities around the country as an actor, director, fight director, intimacy choreographer, and dialect coach on productions including Romeo & Juliet, The Tempest, The 39 Steps, Blood Wedding, Newsies, The Tragedy of Carmen, She Kills Monsters, Les Misérables, and Young Frankenstein. Kris is a member of Dueling Arts International and the Society of American Fight Directors. He has also trained extensively with Theatrical Intimacy Education.
