Experience

WRITING

I write across multiple genres. My publications and productions include:

• My writing being published in Hearth & Coffin, The Winnow, beestung (Nominated for Best American Science Fiction/Fantasy 2023), Punk Monk Magazine, and Mid-Level Management Literary Magazine.

• My plays being performed at Lyric Theatre, UCLA, and Rubicon Theatre.

• My film/spoken word piece being shown at New York City Theatre.

VISUAL ART 

I create costumes, props, makeup looks, set pieces. I also make paintings, collages, and comics.

DIRECTING/PRODUCING

RECOVER: A CABARET BY AND FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS 

Producer and host (Copious Love Productions. Seattle, WA.)

This was a cabaret variety show by and for people with mental illness. I created a fundraising campaign to pay my cast and crew a rate above industry standard. This was a powerful community event where we felt empowered to tell our own stories.

DANGER ANGEL 

Director and Producer (Copious Love Productions. Seattle, WA.)

A durational drag solo show about queer revolution, living with strong emotions, and turning your pain neon so it glows. This show explores a lifelong obsession with angels and fairies. I embody my status as a grieving social outcast and find my power in this “monologue through music.”

THIS IS OUR YOUTH (Selections)

Director (UCLA Master Labs. Los Angeles, CA.)

I directed and created the costumes and set for this version of This is Our Youth where the characters are trapped in a graffitied, claustrophobic world. This piece cemented my artistic practice as the king of “Trash Wonderland.”

VARIOUS DRAG PIECES (Seattle, WA. )

Director and deviser

I worked with multiple performers and writers in Seattle to create group numbers and duets.

SHATTERED GLASS PROJECT

Director (Seattle, WA.)

I worked with the Shattered Glass Project as a director. I helped them develop their program dedicated to empowering theatre artists oppressed on the basis of gender.

PERFORMANCE

Theatre

 ½ A CRAYON (solo work. Directed by Vincent Milay. Reboot Theatre.)

DANGER ANGEL (solo work. Directed by Kit Lascher. Copious Love Productions.)

PRIVATE LIVES  (Elyot. Directed by Jasmine Joshua. Reboot Theatre.)

THE WORLD IS STRANGE (Ensemble. Directed by Evelina Stampa. Southland Company.)

THE PILLOWMAN (Katurian. Directed by Katia Kapustin. UCLA Master Labs.)

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Puck. Directed by Caitlin Draeger. Lewis & Clark College.)

WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (Romaine. Directed by Judy Villareal. Ventura College.)

Film

TO BE (Lead. Directed by Lauren Rachel Berman.)

Other

Drag/dance/movement performer and host in Seattle nightlife under the name Arrhythmio. I performed at venues across the city and internationally from 2017-2020. I created “Arrhythmio’s Emo Hour” during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was a series of live-streamed drag performances. Highlights include “Break Up Songs,” a show entirely of break up songs interspersed with monologues I wrote and performed about love and heartbreak and “Getting Current,” a show that raised money for the NW Therapy Fund Foundation.

STAGE CREW/MANAGEMENT/ADMINISTRATIVE 

INTIMAN THEATRE
Administrative assistant

WELCOME TO ARROYO’S
Assistant stage manager

PEACHES CHRIST PRODUCTIONS/QURB MAGAZINE
Wardrobe crew for touring productions

OJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE
Dramaturgical intern

EDITING

I edit/curate Trash Wonderland.

I am on the editorial team of Punk Monk Magazine, where I read flash fiction and poetry submissions.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Playwriting and Devising (Sylvan Oswald, Marike Splint)
Suzuki and Viewpoints (J.Ed Araiza, SITI Company)
Directing (Brian Kite)
Improvisation (Mona Mansour)
Playwriting (Jon Robin Baitz, Scott Patrick Wagner)
Poetry (Mary Szybist, Jerry Harp)

I trained at UCLA’s Master of Fine Arts program in Theatre, Film, and Television with a concentration in playwriting; Ojai Playwrights Conference; and Rubicon Theatre.

B.A. in English Literature from Lewis & Clark College  (Phi Beta Kappa, cum laude, Dean’s List, editor of a literary journal)

RESEARCH

 
I received a grant to research the poet Frank O’Hara. I visited archives and various locations in NYC and wrote about community, queerness, and the artistic revolution of the post-WW II era in NYC.

I worked with Dr. Kurt Fosso on memory and corvids throughout literature.

I have written works about the medical humanities, gender non-conforming historical figures, and am fascinated by our world and creatures that fight the concept that they do not belong.

TEACHING

I teach workshops on creative writing and multidisciplinary artistic practice with a concentration on character building, dialogue, and creating work within capitalistic constraints.

Questions/inquires/sample requests: kitlascher@gmail.com