About Me

Kellen Flynn (he/him) is a theatre director who aims to create unapologetic transformative theatrical experiences while prioritizing accessibility and entertainment value.

Kellen started his theatrical career at 8 years old as an actor, since then he has performed in many plays and musicals, and continues to develop himself as an actor to this day. Directing from this background, he had developed a character focused process, using character relationships, perspectives, motivations, and obstacles as the springboard to build the world of a play through it’s characters eyes.

Kellen is an alumnus of the BADA London Theatre Program and is currently completing the final semester of his BA in Theater at Whitman College, where he received distinction directing his thesis production, God of Carnage. Kellen found himself at Whitman as the recipient of their Presidential Scholarship for Theater. Additionally, through the Department of Theater and Dance, Kellen was awarded the Brandon Bruce Lee Scholarship, the Brad Hunt Music Award for Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theater, and the Marilyn Sparks Award for Leadership in Theater. While in undergrad, Kellen worked a summer internship with Seattle Children’s Theatre and started his own student theatre company during his freshman year called The Whitman Musical Theatre Project as a means to create direction and design opportunities for underclassmen, as well as yearly musical theatre performance opportunities for Whitman students.

Kellen currently works with Walla Walla Summer Theater, teaching youth acting classes. With them, he is also currently directing Alan Ball’s Five Women Wearing the Same Dress .