Scott Kaiser

Scott Kaiser is a nationally recognized master teacher of acting and voice, as well as a director, playwright, and author. For 28 seasons, Scott served as a member of the artistic staff at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, where he directed, adapted, coached, or performed in all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays. 

Scott is the author of four books on Shakespeare: Have Shakespeare, Will Travel; The Tao of Shakespeare; Shakespeare’s Wordcraft; and Mastering Shakespeare. He has also penned several other original plays, including Falstaff in Love, Love’s Labor’s Won, Now This, Splittin’ the Raft, and Shakespeare’s Other Women: A New Anthology of Monologues. 

Scott has directed at numerous theatre training programs around the country, including Carnegie-Mellon University, Duke University, Seattle University, Santa Clara University, the University of Oregon, and Southern Oregon University. At the UW School of Drama, Scott teaches Shakespeare's Wordcraft to students in our MFA acting and directing programs.