Kira Blaskovich is an actor, teaching artist, director and musical coach, working in San Diego for the last six years. Prior to California, she spent almost twenty years in New York City working as an actor and teacher. When she wasn’t working and playing in the NY Off-Broadway scene, she was able to help create and develop several theatre and music programs in schools from Brooklyn to New Jersey. Kira has worked with major theatre companies and companies no one has heard of – she has acted with world-famous artists and with amazing hidden, unknown gems. She holds a BFA from The University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Acting from The American Conservatory Theatre. As a director, Kira’s credits include Ripcord and Exit, Pursued by a Bear (Coronado Playhouse), Anything Goes (Scripps Theatre Arts), and Witness for the Prosecution (PowPAC Theatre Company). Kira believes that theatre and music are about honesty of expression and vulnerability of self – two qualities that take confidence and commitment. Working with kids to help them find their confidence and voice is what it’s all about – well, and the fun! Kira directed JT’s production of Sideways Stories from Wayside School, music directed A Year with Frog and Toad and will music direct this season’s production of A Bad Case of Stripes.