Faculty Profile

Degrees

MFA, Columbia University; BFA, Hofstra Univ

Bio

Keith Michael Pinault is an actor, director and educator based in New York City. His Off-Broadway and regional credits include work at New York Theatre Workshop, Classic Stage Company, Irish Rep, American Repertory Theater, and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, among others. He has worked for companies across New York as a teaching artist, specializing in Shakespeare, improv, and devised theatre. With Andrea Haring, Executive Director of the Linklater Center for Voice and Language, he has taught workshops with the World Economic Forum’s Global Fellows program, helping future business leaders develop their public speaking abilities. His directing work, which focuses on actor-driven interpretations of classics and the development of new work, includes Othello (Schapiro Theatre), Twelfth Night (Four Words Theatre Company), and the world premiere of Dianne Nora’s Wasps at Columbia Stages. His voice acting work can be heard on the podcasts SPR: Superhuman Public Radio and Amber Alert. He holds a BFA magna cum laude with high honors from Hofstra University and an MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts.

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