https://www.kympappas.com/bio daily 1.0 2024-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/78ad317a-7f10-44a5-b666-0d90321cebcb/half+life.png About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576105152497-LXB8NY8H782JMDXD3JTL/Mending1.jpg About https://www.kympappas.com/gallery daily 0.75 2025-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576108119113-L3R8C1UPN3QU4M8ZYSPF/Fanning-4-1024x637.jpeg Productions Photo Credit: Sean Fanning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576106309816-2NSDELMA2EV4FX4OPU73/Diary1+%28DS%29.jpg Productions - The Diary of Anne Frank By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, adapted by Wendy Kesselman MOXIE Theatre San Diego CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576106321099-76FHA4PL8JV5CY3X2169/Fanning-5-1024x659.jpeg Productions Photo Credit: Sean Fanning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576106342201-FJAT37HIYVNYA291G7VF/Fanning-8-1024x642.jpeg Productions “As an actor, I want to work with the best directors; ones who can guide me and challenge me. Kym is that person. She brings out the best performances in a loving, almost nurturing way. I first saw her directorial work in an amazing play called “Seminar.” After seeing that, I had no hesitation in signing up to play Otto Frank in “Diary of Anne Frank” at Moxie. She handled the large cast and subject matter with skill and affection. With patience and attention to detail, she crafted a show of power and heart. That description suits her as well.” – Eddie Yaroch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576108159347-TZD677RUCIZBKEN4JBHC/Fanning-6-1024x713.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Sean Fanning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576107149416-CLSX8BR1KJ456OXL811W/Disappearing+Act1+%28Jim+Carmody%29.jpg Productions - Disappearing Act By Delia Knight InnerMission Productions San Diego, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576107140770-YQ45RM8644CERHY0P6UQ/DA6+%28AZW%29.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Adriana Zuniga-Williams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576107121554-UYGJNMKT2YYIETUGE6LQ/DA4%28JC%29.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Jim Carmody https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576107131582-ZCLCEATS64P1X82QUAQA/DA5%28AZW%29.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Adriana Zuniga-Williams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576107104837-CAGC97J36K0GMM92DNUL/DA2+%28jimC%29.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Jim Carmody https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576107112950-4VBZTIKD1WG82VY76KFQ/DA3%28JC%29.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Jim Carmody https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576273300918-Z73K7QUIFXZK8WFAK641/PS.jpg Productions - Dog Sees God: Confessions Of A Teenage Blockhead By Bert V. Royal InnerMission Productions San Diego, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576273499668-1Z89SP53P4OBG1B7H5AO/ps3.jpg Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576273555403-W0SA4KVXXQV53MIOWZFI/ps4.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Paul Savage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576273361607-FQR7NRVFAM9HAFSKDDOX/ps2.jpg Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576273420303-VGVZAT931JG3LA3EWBJB/ps5.jpg Productions “Working with Kym Pappas on "Dog Sees God" was an unforgettable experience. She has a wonderful innate ability to weave an environment where I not only felt safe to explore the insides of my character, but she went further and was able to pull from within me these very vulnerable risks, allowing me to truly honor her. She allowed me the freedom to explore so that we could find what worked and what didn't. This show was an amazing gift to my artistic soul and I'm forever grateful for the experience.” Wendy Savage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576273754801-G6WAZRULL57UT7ZZYFEN/ps6.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Paul Savage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576805498980-KJG6SOG3D0EQ7WUB3PR7/Kid+thing+1.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Santiago Iacinti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576111064910-J9RWEDP5NJGIP06FUKKP/kid+thing+3.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Santiago Iacinti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576805854569-VC25DUC5SLQN8YUJRXNF/Kid%252BThing%252B2.jpg Productions “I truly loved working with Kym on "The Kid Thing". She created an environment of safety and creativity, helping me to dig into a character that was out of my comfort zone and anchoring an ensemble that worked so well together! She helped us conquer difficult material with depth, grace and lightness. – Joanne Glover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576805821234-J0IDRM4630PNDEU7100C/kid%252Bthing%252B4.jpg Productions - The Kid Thing By Sarah Gubbins MOXIE Theatre San Diego, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576112215017-QTTECQ7ROSDGCDCM6H7O/Seminar3%2528AZW%2529.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Adriana Zuniga-Williams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576111883492-T74QIQ6EEM6JEFAYY3VJ/Seminar4%28AZW%29.jpg Productions - Seminar By Theresa Rebeck InnerMission Productions San Diego, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576112361008-6KTG4COHWOV1VOV9K70T/Seminar2%28AZW%29.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Adriana Zuniga-Williams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576114963947-V0JIG8JC3PC6D8TTUOC1/Sam.jpg Productions “I’ve had the absolute pleasure to be directed by Kym Pappas in three productions. She is one of the most intuitive directors I’ve ever worked with. She has a gift for communicating, listening, and challenging her actors with grace. Her productions always produce outstanding and authentic performances. I hope to be directed by her over and over again.” -Samantha Ginn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576111862788-AFJDYH2S1L1HOATCCTQ6/Seminar1%28AZW%29.jpg Productions “Kym is one of the most kind hearted people that I know and what makes her a great director is that she really gives actors the space to create and make their own choices. She is really great at listening and discussing what is going on with the characters and how the actors can be in service to the story. When I worked with her on Seminar, the cast was nominated for Best Ensemble at the Craig Noel Awards in San Diego. I think this nomination was in large part due to Kym because she helped us craft characters with true authenticity. I love working with her because I feel like I have no fear in bringing her my ideas and choices. She will help me make the strongest choice.” – Dana Wing Lau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576114156808-WZL9A4GIHFV8IMI388CH/Well_by_Lisa_Kron_%25285%2529.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Daren Scott https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576113664946-2P7F4VB5T0075RW88S1N/Well_by_Lisa_Kron_%283%29.jpg Productions “I loved working with Kym on “Well”. She brought ideas and a vision of what she wanted to do, all the while nurturing a sense of creative freedom among all of us. Kym inspired me with her excitement as we discovered the piece. It was like swinging on this delicate pendulum between her vision and our own exploration – hence the many lovely moments she created. I would jump at the chance to work with her again.” - Annie Hinton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576113683976-1BD1Q9J2TW1R993MX4UT/Well_by_Lisa_Kron_%289%29.jpg Productions “Working with Kym Pappas on ‘Well’ was a treat!! She created a welcoming environment for creative exploration and vulnerability. Kym is kind, with a big heart so the process was loving and supportive. She makes you want to do your best work. Truly wonderful!” - Cashae Monya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576113679258-V5TH633275XMDC5HKFE0/Well_by_Lisa_Kron_%288%29.jpg Productions - Well By Lisa Kron Diversionary Theatre San Diego, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576113982512-AU7ZO36Z7FXLYBYCVUE2/Well_by_Lisa_Kron_%252818%2529.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Daren Scott https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576187450587-SIQUI8MGGTZBGXFY1OAI/2.jpg Productions - Gidion’s Knot By Johanna Adams InnerMission Productions San Diego, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576187579069-214PBDUJKPFXEBYD2E0E/3.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Adriana Zuniga-Wiliams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576187715676-4CVDKKBIB6YB4A1H9YQX/4.jpg Productions “Kym Pappas is a rarity, a stage director who has bridged the divide of the audience watching a performance, comfortably numb into imparting the membrane of the show and actors into their laps. Passionate about diversity and inclusivity, actually incorporating it, not just talk. Working with her on Gideon's Knot, was sheer joy. Her version was steeped in the darkness of accusation allowing us actors a quick, emotionally imbued pace only achievable through the safe space she established. Kym is an actors director, she wants to hear and experiment and learn together. She made me feel brave when I had to be my most vulnerable.” - Jyl Kaneshiro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576187304489-I9X6LH6Y4KHUZFJHRJE0/1.jpg Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576189423958-35GXEM1LXZQ8W3PHQWAF/Fat+Pig+%28PS1%29.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Tony Zeljeznjak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576190174626-D9EZ6B95S2UTYZOPAKF2/15.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Tony Zeljeznjak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576189512144-LA2QE3G6DIC7QJ5LGG40/3.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Tony Zeljeznjak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576189429957-6X7DD7U43FIFO2TV8NL2/Fat+Pig+%28Paul+Savage%29.jpg Productions “In 2008, Kym Pappas directed me in the San Diego premiere of “Fat Pig” by Neil LaBute. It remains one of the highlights of my acting career. Kym took a very difficult text filled with uncomfortable moments and walked us all through it in a way that made it safe for us to explore themes of misogyny and body image and peer pressure. She has a gift for making her cast feel like they are collaborators and that they are contributing to the process, but the work is still very much her own. Kym also knows how to communicate concisely and directly with actors and she rarely minces words in delivering her vision. She helped me take a very scary role and make it my own and I always look forward to the opportunity to sit at the table with her.” - Carla Nell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576190231185-IROCOXP6VHC9CM4Z70MD/Fat%252BPig%252B%252528PS2%252529.jpg Productions - FAT PIG By Neil LaBute OnStage Playhouse Chula Vista,CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576278791042-TALW4WHTTIYSEVOG3W6U/8.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Eugenie Juan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576278260898-ZO4ERBR5KBH2YWBPLI5P/2+Eugenie.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Eugenie Juan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576278461406-3X6OYGUN6NEXZNTOOM0X/5.jpg Productions - Sonnets For An Old Century By Jose Rivera UCSD Theatre & Dance San Diego, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576278714901-IQ12WG6BJLVA4A3XPKFX/7.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Manuel Rotenberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576278358723-RJQ0HWMXUEKMJXFU3P9E/3.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Manuel Rotenberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576278249814-M4KX85OHCIX5DP73MAF7/1.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Manuel Rotenberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576787723735-5GP47XPSTY7JJ738YSTH/9.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Eugenie Juan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576279256494-Q168YYIAQARYN4PBRN5I/4.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Eugenie Juan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576787795060-1JUXSQAJJ3CR11A2ZJGX/7.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Daren Scott https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576786327050-XM8XPSQCBG8J02089KJV/5.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Daren Scott https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576787775134-56LOS619UA2DQEHLDRET/1.jpg Productions - Revolt. She said. Revolt again. By Alice Birch InnerMission Productions San Diego, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576786324010-Q2M3I9QMQJHZUHNQNCS9/6.jpg Productions “Life is full of magic and Kym Pappas gives me breath & courage to walk through my fears to live in the moment. I have equal respect for her as an Artist, professional, leader and example of what it is to be human. “Disappearing Act” and “Revolt. She said. Revolt again.” put me in places out of my body & into the spirit work of love, loss and life recovery. It's not my dream to be an Actor, it's my career. My dream is to fully fund humanitarian causes & works like InnerMission, the little theater company that does. Kym Pappas scares me, she holds my hand through it & reveals the whole magic of life." – Salvador Velasco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576786312743-TUF6KR3FSPAACN42EMA4/2.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Daren Scott https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576786370515-J0QRZJ0SN4O23RXZS7LE/3.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Daren Scott https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576786476389-WI9Y6IROQI5S4TFNXOAL/4.jpg Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576789020780-O6DRNN9XTFNFCWV6QYJP/1.jpg Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576790679499-61DQ3AI9BH6HWMPIEEPC/7.jpg Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576788943430-6E9TRWWC89KOWNMG37XJ/2.jpg Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576788677922-ID6P66ZANLL3CYYDHW56/6.jpg Productions “The play Church was not and is not for everyone. Theatergoers are challenged by its complex language and actors are even more challenged by the playwright’s chosen characters. Trying to convey the playwright’s intentions and goals in a natural and believable sense was the goal for Kym and I. Working with Kym as my director felt like I had the largest safety net as I floated high above my own artistic comfort zone. I’ve always been seen as a character actor and Church was my first attempt at not only a leading role but one where I would stand in front of the audience, house lights on, and just preach. It would’ve been easy to just be told where to go and how to speak, but where’s the growth and risk in that. I always felt that Kym let me experience Church as my own and allowed me to explore the complexities of Reverend José. An amazing partner and leader, she was always there to bring me back down to earth. Church was one of the most difficult productions for me as an actor. I was lucky to have a director who always allowed me to play, kept the cast smiling, made sure we were authentic and never lost faith in us, the text, or our choices. I am forever grateful.” - Salomón Maya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576788531069-CVAI50M2W5H4XLS4VWIO/4.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Jonathan Hammond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576793456606-4D7JEV50RVYOD7NY0TDH/3.jpg Productions - CHURCH By Young Jean Lee InnerMission Productions San Diego, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576793035620-WZHERRW1K4ZGXEXO5EPB/2.jpg Productions - The Diary of Anne Frank By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, adapted by Wendy Kesselman OnStage Playhouse Chula Vista, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576791655520-ZR4B4E8LOUJG8NX6B9ZT/1+%28Paul+Savage%29.jpg Productions Photo Credit: Paul Savage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576791803833-CJ73W79GW2ZP70DA5R5Z/4.jpg Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1576791665253-TJCSTA2BPQIGTLLLYZ61/3.jpg Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1579311210497-HTRJTM438JH1GYVIJIAY/men1.jpg Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1579311105194-08XL8ZSWLME3H74A2PPJ/MENd2.jpg Productions “Kym was the first director to adopt The MENding Monologues process when I made it publically available nearly 15 years ago. Every year, in conjunction with V-Day in San Diego, she doesn’t just produce a stunning stage show that leaves me awed (and little bit jealous), she mounts a movement. In her wake, she leaves behind budding activists, advocates and allies who are making the world a safer and kinder place for all genders and identities. She leaves her audience changed as well. And, if that’s the point of live theatre, then Kym definitely knows how to make it.” - Derek Dujardin (Creator of The MENding Monologues) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1579311325236-558KWMVLCL3HON38HVDM/men2.jpg Productions - The MENding Monologues Created by Derek Dujardin Written by The MENders InnerMission Productions San Diego, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1602609482016-R24ZXZHJ4S5RBTLJFRF9/chairs.jpg Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1602609202943-JQS0A8NS8UF06W14OQRC/Plot-points-web-banner.jpg Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/a2e2d3df-c63b-4201-90b5-1fc8f3f9771b/FH8.jpg Productions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/0e95cba7-b555-4cd6-82be-df414e5318f5/FH3.jpg Productions - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/c2c8213f-c6c7-4d1d-960a-9aad9315b637/FH4.jpg Productions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/6336eb9a-95b6-4dd8-a1ce-ca54b7d6b3aa/FH9.jpg Productions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/d8def0b7-141d-45ee-8038-953617e800cd/FR6.png Productions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/f626b390-0027-49c5-afea-b736b1059a98/FR1.png Productions - The Falling and The Rising Bodhi Tree Concerts San Diego, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/caad41fe-4dfd-4bb0-a6ac-6deff37447d2/FR4.png Productions - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/9a9fde96-fda8-461f-a242-c48e3e2cdf99/Aftermath.png Productions - Aftermath Bodhi Tree Concerts San Diego, CA https://www.kympappas.com/new-page daily 0.75 2020-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1577138231774-G0M0V86M9LUJEI5E0CID/5.jpg Press - Pam Kragen, San Diego Union Tribune “InnerMission is known for producing intimate, immersive dramas on difficult subjects and Johnna Adams’ 2012 play isn’t for the squeamish. It’s a heart-pounding, suspenseful 90-minute journey through the women’s grief, fury and regret...a powerful look at two very flawed women in a near-flawless InnerMission production.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1578181244516-D6DGM6MWV9T193CYGN1Q/5.jpg Press - David L. Coddon, San Diego City Beat “Anyone who’s ever tried to write fiction seriously—in or out of a classroom—should be spellbound by the language of this cogent 2011 play. Kym Pappas’ expert direction elicits top performances from all, especially Sachs as Leonard and Guzman’s Martin, an understandably reluctant protégé. Seminar’s truths about writing and human insecurities are inescapable.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1578698093820-XU271ZYNN8Y0C37MLSP2/1+%28Paul+Savage%29.jpg Press - Jeff Smith, San Diego Reader “I’ve seen wonderful theater in a social hall at the Del Mar racetrack and in the library of a middle school in Santee. I’ve come to anticipate capable results at Chula Vista’s OnStage Playhouse. Their Diary of Anne Frank, however, went way beyond expectations. A wall on the lobby had handwriting in different colored ink. Seen up close, each was a letter to Anne Frank. People wrote them after seeing the show. If you read a few going in, the bursts of praise and compassion prepared you in a unique way for what was to come. The stage was the cramped upper floor — the “Secret Annex” — at 263 Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, where eight people hid out from the Nazis for almost two years. Director Kym Pappas treated it throughout as real, and the audience as floating passers-by. Until the actors exited, in a medieval Dance of Death, they never left the stage. Once they did, there was no curtain call. They were gone. And when audiences exited, many grabbed a pen and added to the multicolored outpourings on the wall. The production boasted an outstanding performance by Lucia Vecchio as young Anne and dedicated ensemble work. But what lingers is the unseen hand of the director. Never once did Pappas announce that she was behind the project. And yet her imagination was everywhere. They should give her a building!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1577136457426-T1G4QKWEJQJ7KKLUYZE8/9.jpg Press - Beth Accomando, KPBS “If you want to sit passively in a theater and watch a play then InnerMission’s new production of "Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again." is not for you. InnerMission describes itself as “driven to tell stories that grab you and shake your insides.” Revolt She Said Revolt Again does just that with its experimental, and inventive collection of vignettes.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1578179975549-FSJQA3F4ORDS4R387ZDO/6.jpg Press - Pat Launer, Times of San Diego "InnerMission Productions thrives on intensity. They love to go deep and dark, and 'Gidion’s Knot' is one of their best... The actors are superb, Nell is perfectly measured and controlled – until she isn’t. Kaneshiro is tightly spooled, both teasing and poised to pounce, a fiery amalgam of anger and grief. Two finely shaded and delicately calibrated performances, in a blistering pas de deux." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1578181265205-DC0DX33WZJZVHELPGYW5/6.jpg Press - Pat Launer, Center Stage “Fresh from its San Diego Critics Circle win of the Don Braunagel Award for Outstanding Work by a Small Theatre Company, InnerMission Productions scores again, in this third excellent staging of its first full season…Kym Pappas directs with a firm hand but a light touch, and her five skillful actors carve out nicely nuanced characters.” https://www.kympappas.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2024-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1577135643274-393BKP9BMGEYGC5CBLXM/rehearsal.jpg Directing Resume Photo Credit: Cara Vacek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1578706531406-VV9V0K35PA3Z0FC0CRBY/VDay.jpg Directing Resume Photo Credit: Paul Savage Photography ”The Vagina Monologues” by Eve Ensler InnerMission Productions (2010) https://www.kympappas.com/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2019-12-11 https://www.kympappas.com/new-page-12 daily 0.75 2024-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1578184996873-V3JX6WILANXP83FNEID8/12.jpg Actor “How I Learned to Drive” by Paula Vogel OnStage Playhouse Photo Credit: Paul Savage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1578185199722-M3K8BQML9C9N0C7V842O/7.jpg Actor Photo Credit: Robert Dahey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/83ed3562-99cb-48f5-8146-37da88a540d5/Ferryman.jpg Actor - Make it stand out “The Ferryman” by Jez Butterworth New Village Arts Photo Credit: Amanda Doherty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1578422721475-Y8NKOKFTJHGUYHCHL32A/13.jpg Actor "That Time She Proposed" by Dana Schwartz The Car Plays: Interchange 2015 La Jolla Playhouse W.O.W Festival Photo Credit: Jim Carmody https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1578184950485-Q2PBBK1OAGSS2XCD6T0X/2.jpeg Actor “Ordinary Days” by Adam Gwon InnerMission Productions Photo Credit: Adriana Zuniga-Williams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1578184796983-BM2ZXCCHP9GCG3HIABCD/1.jpg Actor “The Vagina Monologues” by Eve Ensler InnerMission Productions Photo Credit: Paul Savage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1578184843379-K69D71AB6QQUJ0XXK5YY/8.jpg Actor “Persuasion”by Jon Jory OnStage Playhouse - World Premiere Photo Credit: Adriana Zuniga-Williams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1578184720302-FRU7XQOSKVQDTASZR5HC/9.jpg Actor “Swimming in the Shallows” by Adam Bock InnerMission Productions Photo Credit: Paul Savage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1578185114856-93KAKBIKDH5XOZNTYXGQ/6.jpg Actor “The Taming of the Shrew”by William Shakespeare InnerMission Productions Photo Credit: Adriana Zuniga-Williams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/f2935821-ebe3-4e74-b6ae-a53506d2bbc7/Doubt.png Actor - Make it stand out “Doubt” by John Patrick Shanley New Village Arts Photo Credit: Jason Sullivan/DUPLA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1578185136681-7H2TCLMV897NIZDP08S2/3.jpeg Actor “Ordinary Days” by Adam Gwon InnerMission Productions Photo Credit: Adriana Zuniga-Williams https://www.kympappas.com/teacher daily 0.75 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1579636067798-42ER0VWAGCRJOT4GH97Z/5.jpg Teacher “This woman changed many of our lives. Kym was the first adult that many of us grew to trust and love (aside from our parents) because she treated each and every one of us like humans with our own autonomy. She gave us a safe place to open up our hearts and minds. She taught us how to channel our love, joy and pain into beautiful things, and greatly encouraged self-expression in ANY medium (paint, words, dance, song, etc…). She showed us how to be empathetic with one another as humans, not just as students. She taught us to be honest in every possible way and was a pillar if we ever needed some guidance or support. Kym is the link from my high school work in theatre to my involvement in theatre in my community. She is the fire and the passion that lights us… to take life and steer it in whatever direction we need it to.” - Dania Cisneros (Student and Activist) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1579122455360-COGGXK5D5NUF47KOY4B4/2.jpg Teacher “Kym Pappas has been my mentor for 10 years. I first met Kym when I was 17 years old, when she served as the Intern Director at OnStage Playhouse. Over the two years I spent in the program, I was offered workshops in all disciplines of theatre, exposed to the work of local companies, and taught how to write a play which we then developed into a full production. Once Kym Pappas enters your life, she stays in your life. She is genuinely invested in everyone one of her students and she shows up for them endlessly. She helped shape not only the artist I am today, but the person I have grown into. She instilled in me a passion for socially conscious work. To this day, Kym along with her company InnerMission Productions continue to do the work, through thick and thin, serving as a constant example that one can make a life for themselves as an artist.” - Santiago Iacinti (Roundabout Directors Group) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1579122068350-VUSTXF5008US64WWY07T/6.jpg Teacher “As a senior in college, I am more sure than ever before of how special and rare it is to be able to thank the universe for placing you in this classroom, with this teacher. When Kym was my teacher, I did that everyday. Kym Pappas creates a precious space that fosters strength in areas of weakness, challenges artistic muscles, and requests the inner child to take the stand. To this day I ask my self what made Kym the teacher she is to countless kids. Kym devoted herself to teaching us that our desire, our ideas, and more importantly our pain matters and with this, no matter how ugly, raw, loud, and painful our healing makes us, we shall keep moving. Kym promised us safety. Safety that our brokenness will not be ignored nor will it be be the end of our story. Kym allowed us to be human, giving our pain a place and our hope for the future an even bigger one. Kym knows how to redirect the pain of adolescence into graceful expression that has lead me into an artistic profession with a lifetime of challenges but a powerful voice inside of me that values my inner child more than anything.” - Hannah Vega (UCLA Class of 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1579122361567-UGDDXUE10LIM11WLHPPG/3.jpg Teacher “Through Kym, I learned to be brave, diligent and to demand of myself my best work. Among many other things, she taught me and my class mates to know everything about our characters through text analysis and textually supported inference, to use and raise our voices, and she taught us how to use our bodies, hearts and minds to tell a story. She taught us the importance of taking care of our own bodies and minds through breath, yoga, exercise, and other physical approaches to acting. Working with Kym has been one of the most specifically tailored and holistic experiences I’ve had as a theatre student, or as a student in any capacity. Years after being her student formally, I am still learning from her. She helped me to prepare my auditions for graduate school using imagination work, actions, exercises to help with the embodiment of language (especially for Shakespeare), building moment to moment, etc., and I got in to three major graduate schools for acting both in the U.S. and abroad. Although my group and I were young theatre makers when we were Kym’s students, the exercises and lessons have been recurring throughout my entire journey as an actor. I’ve encountered similar pedagogy even now, in my classes as a graduate acting student at NYU. The skills in devising that we learned from her, the way she pushed us to “play seriously” and to always tell the truth are all skills that are currently helping me in every classroom and audition room I step into. Overall, I believe it is important that young adults be exposed to the arts. In my case, this education has been instrumental in my professional endeavors, but learning to take up space, to use your voice, to speak in public, to know yourself and your identity, to be a story teller, to work and collaborate with others, to hone and nourish your creativity, and to be able to ground yourself makes anyone a healthier, more successful human being, ready with the tools to enter any field or life route. This is what Kym gives and teaches.” - Fedra Ramirez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1579122045922-OCAGDH51O6A8KRHS9F9V/7.jpg Teacher “Kym Pappas was both my first mentor in my young adulthood and my introduction to a lifelong career. If it wasn't for her and the internship program she led, I wouldn't be where I am now. I think about her words and spirit every day. She is a role model of wisdom, empathy, and love. Seven years later, she still answers the phone, replies to my messages, and says yes to a cup of tea. I am lucky to know her.” - Bernardo Mazón Daher (TuYo Theatre) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1579122581716-GNABU474W5O29O3ZZX14/4.jpg Teacher “Having Kym as a teacher and mentor changed my perspective on the arts forever. She taught me the impact theatre can have and made me think of the kind of art I wanted to create. This made me want to move into creating theatre with the goal of enacting change or making people think about the world differently. I no longer wanted to be a musical theatre performer, I wanted to be a theatre innovator.” - Danielle Edmonds (NYU Class of 2019) https://www.kympappas.com/new-page-copy daily 0.75 2024-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1602609482016-R24ZXZHJ4S5RBTLJFRF9/chairs.jpg New Page (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1602609202943-JQS0A8NS8UF06W14OQRC/Plot-points-web-banner.jpg New Page (Copy) https://www.kympappas.com/new-page-74-2 daily 0.75 2024-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1602609482016-R24ZXZHJ4S5RBTLJFRF9/chairs.jpg New Page (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df17467214faa0aa17ddd44/1602609202943-JQS0A8NS8UF06W14OQRC/Plot-points-web-banner.jpg New Page (Copy)