Grace Kiley, an accomplished actor, director, and playwright.
In recent years Ms. Kiley has been active as a director with her own company, Kiley Ensemble, with the highly acclaimed production of Jane Anderson’s The Baby Dance and Time Stands Still, as well as projects for film reels and readings.
Her solo show, Grace Kelly: Longing for Grace, won three awards at the United Solo Festivalin NYC for Best One Woman Show, Best Director (Austin Pendleton), Best Makeup (Elle Murphy), Best Encore in 2013. Longing for Grace won praise at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival of 2013 and 59E59 Theaters in New York.
Recent film acting credits: Patricia Says Goodbye, Silver Stream (screenplay, director & producer), Revolution’s a Lie, SITO, The Comedy starring Tim Heidecker among others. Stage: All My Sons, Atlantic Director’s Course, NeverCracked, the debut of her original solo piece, I Bred The Best, as well as leading roles in Summerfolk (dir. Austin Pendleton), A Death of a Salesman, Shirley Valentine, Six Degrees of Separation, The Novelist, A Life in the Theater, Old Times, Hot Flashes, and Perfect Analysis Given By a Parrot, along with numerous TV and film credits.
Ms. Kiley teaches Directing at NYU’s Tisch Kanbar Center for Film & TV, as well as acting courses at Stella Adler Studio, Trinity/LaMama Urban Arts Program, and at her own studio, Grace Kiley Acting, in New York City. She coaches actors in New York and around the globe, as well as students applying to prestigious drama programs, such as Juilliard, NYU, USC and LAMDA. Grace is a member of the Playwrights/Directors Unit (PDU) at The Actors Studio, New York. AEA, SAG-AFTRA.