Meet the Director
Kyle Hatley is the assistant artistic director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre. He moved to Kansas City last May from Chicago, where he was the assistant director and script supervisor for Moisés Kaufman, Emily Mann, Gary Griffin and Eric Rosen for About Face Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre and Chicago Children’s Theatre. Mr. Hatley’s directing credits include And Baby Makes Seven, Third, No Exit, Seascape, Oliver!, Death and the Maiden, The Laramie Project and Romeo and Juliet, among others. Last April, Mr. Hatley directed his original blues/folk musical Lysistrata and the Death of Cupid for the McCoy Theatre at Rhodes College in Memphis. Over the summer, he wrote and directed two original shows for the Kansas City Fringe Festival: Watering the Grave and Six. He will be assistant directing on the Rep’s 2008-09 season and directing The Borderland at Copaken Stage. He is the artistic director of Chatterbox Audio Theater and recently won the Silver Ogle Award for excellence in audio theatre for his original series The Dead Girl. Mr. Hatley is currently in collaboration with the M.F.A. program at UMKC, developing a new original audio series called Surfacing, which will be produced and recorded this fall. He holds a degree in theatre from Rhodes College.
The Borderland
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Copaken Stage
Apr. 3-26, 2009
Written by Jim Grimsley
Directed by Kyle Hatley
The Borderland is part of the Sprint 2008-09 Copaken Stage Series sponsored by
A New Thriller!
In this explosive thriller, a young couple who think that escaping the rat-race and having a child might save their crumbling marriage decide to pack up their urban life and move to the country. On a stormy night, their illusion of security is quickly upended when an impoverished young mother of five is chased onto their property by her abusive husband. Alliances are formed and relationships are betrayed as the two couples, in a battle for their homes, their marriages, and their futures. With spine-tingling intensity, Grimsley’s exciting new play explores the uneasy borders that exist between men and women, rich and poor, and urban and rural.
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