Kim McKean teaches beginning to advanced acting for the stage and screen, and is a professional and award winning actor and director. She is certified to teach the Meisner Technique.

• National Director's Fellowship, Finalist - Eugene O'Neill Theater Center (04/01/2020-04/30/2020)
• Best of 2019 Chicago Theatre - Picture This Post (12/01/2019-12/31/2019)
• BEST OF BORDERPLEX Nominee THE ARRANGEMENTS - BorderScene Film Festival (09/24/2019)
• Official Selection THE ARRANGEMENTS - Dumbo Film Festival (Brooklyn, NY) (08/01/2019-08/31/2019)
• Official Selection The Arrangements - El Paso Film Festival (09/01/2018-09/30/2018)
• Official Selection The Arrangements - Plaza Classic Film Festival Local Flavor Series (09/01/2018-09/30/2018)
• Citizen Artist Award - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (04/01/2018-04/30/2018)
• Honors Convocation, Special Recognition, Lydia - University of Texas at El Paso (04/01/2018-04/30/2018)
• Outstanding Director of a Play - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (04/01/2018-04/30/2018)
• Outstanding Performance and Production Ensemble - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (04/01/2018-04/30/2018)
• Outstanding Performance by an Actor/Actress in a Play - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (04/01/2018-04/30/2018)
• Outstanding Production of a Play - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (04/01/2018-04/30/2018)
• Invited Production Award - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (03/01/2018-03/31/2018)
• Irene Ryan Finalist - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (03/01/2018-03/31/2018)
• Richard A. Weaver Award - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (03/01/2018-03/31/2018)
• Excellence in Lighting Design - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (10/01/2017-10/31/2017)
• Excellence in Prop Design - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (10/01/2017-10/31/2017)
• Excellence in Sound Design - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (10/01/2017-10/31/2017)
• Excellence in Acting - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (03/01/2017-03/31/2017)
• Excellence in Directing - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (03/01/2017-03/31/2017)
• Excellence in Prop Design - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (03/01/2017-03/31/2017)
• Excellence in Sound Design - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (03/01/2017-03/31/2017)
• 'BEST SHORT FILM' - 22ND ARCIPELAGO INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL - ARCIPELAGO INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FEST (11/01/2014-11/30/2014)
• Best Actress Midtown International Theatre Festival - Midtown International Theatre Festival (09/30/2013)
• Best Actress New York International Film Festival in LA - New York International Film Festival in LA (07/01/2011-07/31/2011)

• MFA in Drama, University of California-Irvine (2012)
• BA in Theatre, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2003)

• Other - Film of ANN (10/01/2020-12/31/2020). Film Director. TheatreSquared . Kim Mckean.
• Other - Reunión Revolución Radio (09/01/2020-09/30/2020). Radio Director. KTEP/State of the Arts. Kim Mckean.
• Theatre - Direct play - Ann (02/19/2020-12/31/2020). TheatreSquared. Fayetteville, AR. Kim Mckean.
• Theatre - Direct play - Monsters We Create (02/01/2020-12/31/2020). University of Texas at El Paso. El Paso. Kim McKean.
• Other - Until Death Do Us Part (01/01/2020). Film: Act in Film. El Paso, TX. Kim Mckean.
• Theatre - Direct play - Love and Information (09/01/2019-10/31/2019). Trap Door Theatre. Chicago, IL . Kim Mckean.
• Theatre - Perform - Of Muppets and Vampires (08/01/2019). Association of Theatre in Higher Education . Orlando, FL. Kim Mckean.
• Other - The Bunny King (01/01/2019). Supporting Role, Independent Film . Trikast Pictures . El Paso, TX. Kim Mckean.
• Theatre - Direct play - The Humans (11/01/2018-03/31/2019). University of Texas at El Paso. Kim Mckean.
• Theatre - Adjudicating - High Desert Theatre Festival One Act Competition (10/01/2018). New Mexico State University . Las Cruces, NM. Kim Mckean.
• Other - Smoke Free El Paso (10/01/2018). On-Camera Commercial. Zach Passero. El Paso, TX. Kim Mckean.
• Theatre - Adjudicating - Texas Educational Theatre Association (09/01/2018-09/30/2018). Dallas, TX. Kim Mckean.
• Other - On Every Link a Heart Does Dangle (08/01/2018-08/31/2018). Assistant Director. Kennedy Center, National New Play Network. Washington DC. Kim Mckean.
• Other - Femme Frontera (07/01/2018-10/31/2019). Film Festival Adjudicating. Femme Frontera. Kim Mckean.
• Theatre - Direct play - Lydia Traveling Production, KCACTF (03/01/2018-04/30/2018). San Angelo, TX. Kim Mckean.
• Other - Rook (10/01/2017-11/30/2019). Supporting Role in Film. El Paso, TX . Kim Mckean.
• Theatre - Direct play - The Importance of Being Earnest (10/01/2017-12/31/2017). El Paso, TX. Kim Mckean.
• Theatre - Adjudicating - Mariachi Girl (10/01/2017-10/31/2017). KCACTF . Las Cruces, NM. Kim Mckean.
• Theatre - Direct play - Lydia (03/01/2017-12/31/2017). El Paso, TX. Kim Mckean.
• Other - Lydia (Staged Reading) (02/01/2017-12/31/2017). Theatre- Staged Reading . El Paso, TX. Kim Mckean.
• Theatre - Perform - Lydia by Octavio Solis directed by Kim Mckean (01/01/2017-03/31/2017). El Paso, TX, USA. Rebecca Rivas. Kim Mckean.
• Theatre - Adjudicating - Christmas Carol (12/01/2016-12/31/2016). KCACTF. Las Cruces, NM. Kim Mckean.
• Other - Audition for TV Show, Blindspot (08/01/2016-12/31/2016). Primetime TV Audition . Suzanne Ryan Casting. New York, NY . Kim Mckean.
• Other - Starving at Chain Film Festival (08/01/2016-12/31/2016). Lead Role in Film . Chain Film Festival . New York, NY . Kim Mckean.
• Other - The Arrangements (05/01/2016-07/31/2018). Director Film. New York, NY . Kim Mckean.
• Theatre - Direct play - Bench Seat (Autobahn) (05/01/2016-12/31/2016). New York Film Academy . New York, NY . Kim Mckean.
• Other - Food Lion Commercial (03/01/2016-12/31/2016). Commercial . Doner Partners, LLC . Youngsville, NC. Kim Mckean.
• Other - Some/Day (02/01/2016-05/31/2016). Directed an Independent Film. New York Film Academy . New York, NY . Kim Mckean.

• Imaginative Collaboration: The Student Stage Manager and New Work Routledge (in press), Kim Mckean, Georgina Hernandez, Lindsay Hearon.

• Reunión Revolución And Accidental Innovation: Utilizing Technology To Grow And Connect, Even In Quarantine (2021), Volume Melbourne, Australia, Adriana Dominguez, Kim Mckean, Georgina Hernandez.
• Opportunity for Empathy: Best Practices in Teaching the Arts Online (2021), Adriana Dominguez, Kim Mckean, Georgina Hernandez, Tawanda Chabikwa.
• Mining for Books: Adapting Literature to the Stage with Into the Beautiful North (2020), Kim McKean.
• Protest, Justice, and Transnational Organizing in Theatre: On the Transformative Impact of Developing Frontera New-Work. (2020), Volume Detroit, MI, Adriana Dominguez, Kim Mckean, Georgina Hernandez.
• Concentration in the Digital Acting Studio (2020), Volume virtual , Kim Mckean.
• Driving New Work: Innovative Experiments in Creating Original Work with Students (2020), Volume Virtual , Kim Mckean.
• PROTEST, JUSTICE, AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZING IN THEATRE:On the Transformative Impact of Developing Frontera New-work (2020), Volume Athens, Greece, Georgina Escobar, Adriana Dominguez, Kim Mckean.
• Monsters We Create: A Frontera Funk Tale (2020), Volume UTEP, Adriana Dominguez, Kim Mckean, Georgina Hernandez.
• Audition for the film Apollo 10 by Richard Linklater (2019), Kim Mckean.
• Poems from Port in Ashes by Andrea Cote Botero (2019), Volume El Paso TX , Kim Mckean.
• Adjudicated Acting Exercise: Beyond Imagery, Endowing Text With Specificity and Meaning (2019), Volume Orlando, FL, Kim Mckean.
• Meisner Work: Innovative Applications (2019), Volume Orlando, FL , Kim Mckean.
• Voice work for Movers (2019), Volume El Paso, TX , Kim Mckean.
• Mesiner Technique in Action (2018), Volume Las Cruces, NM , Kim Mckean.
• Meisner Technique in Action (2018), Volume Dallas, TX, Kim Mckean.
• Acting for the Camera Workshop (2018), Volume San Angelo, TX , Kim Mckean.
• The Arrangements (2017), Volume El Paso, TX, Kim Mckean.
• Acting and Auditioning on Camera (2017), Volume Galveston, TX, Kim Mckean.
• Public Screen from Acting for the Camera 2016 class (2016), Volume El Paso, TX, Kim Mckean.
• Acting and Auditioning on Camera (2016), Volume Las Cruces, NM , Kim Mckean.
• Acting for the Camera (2016), Volume New York , Kim Mckean.

• Paula Vogel Bake Off
• Reunion Revolucion Latinx New Works Fest
• Grant Enhancement Preparation
• Lecture Hour and Q&A with Playwright Octavio Solis