Ken Hornbeck’s career as a stage actor and director spans over 30 years where he has worked both regionally, and in NYC. In 1986 he started his own theatre company called the Eclectic Theatre Company, based in NYC where he created an AIDS education show geared for teenagers, and which became his introduction to Theatre for Social Change. In 1989, he met Dr. Cydelle Berlin, the founder and Executive Director of STAR Theatre, a program affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital’s Adolescent Health Center, and because of his work was asked to serve as Artistic Director there. This began a long collaborative relationship and the two of them worked with high school students, junior high and elementary students, creating age-appropriate, ensemble pieces around the subject of teenage sex education in the NYC area. Their program was so successful that they worked internationally as theatre trainers for the United Nations. Upon moving to Atlanta, Ken continued to devote his time to Theatre for Social Change while working at Emory University using theatre to address complicated diversity issues on campus including race, sexual orientation, and gender identification. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at Emory, where he teaches courses in human health through the applied arts. He can be contacted at: kdh1956.213@gmail.com. I spoke to him at his home in Atlanta, GA via Zoom.
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