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Biography:

Kevin Reader is currently pursuing a Master of the Arts degree in Theatre History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Kevin graduated from the University of Illinois in May of 2005 with two Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Anthropology.

Kevin has a varied past in the types of work that he has done. Kevin has been known to do some freelance archaeological fieldwork. He has worked on famous world heritage sites such as the Cahokia Mounds in Southeast Illinois to Military bases such as Fort Riley in Manhattan, Kansas. Kevin also has a wide background in interviewing and assessing community development. He spent one year analyzing transcribed interviews highlighting the development of community parks in Urbana, Illinois. Kevin also spent a summer in Colorado interviewing key informants about environmental risk linked to bark beetle infestation within the monoculture of lodge pole pine trees in Rocky Mountain Ski Resort communities. Kevin’s current research interests include exploring community and developmental theatre. Most specifically he is researching the development of the female identity in Mayan cultures through the expression of female characters in texts.

Kevin has spent much of his free time outside of academia writing and performing. In the summer of 2007, he wrote, edited and published a small book of poetry aptly named, The Spring That Was. Beyond poetry, Kevin is also a performer. He is currently performing in a variety groups at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently he is a leading member with the Spicy Clamato improv comedy troupe. Kevin also writes and performs sketch comedy with Potted Meat. Kevin can also be found performing from time to time with the Inner Voices social issues theatre ensemble. You can continually find Kevin spending some of his free time doing free lance technical work and video editing related to theatre and sketch comedy productions.

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