JoKyR's Info
Although he has been a member of numerous improvisational theatre groups, Joseph Kyle Rogan is most well known for his work in the long form duo JoKyR and Jesster (with slam poet Jesse Parent), and the puppet improv duo Fleecy Bits (with puppeteer Stacey Gordon). JoKyR founded the award winning KYSOff Improvised Productions in 1996, and has spent the years since traveling throughout North America and the US Virgin Isles studying, lecturing, performing, teaching, coaching, and directing improvisational acting. He has participated in over 50 national/international festivals, and worked with performers and instructors from the finest schools of improv the world has to offer, including ImprovOlympic, Annoyance Productions, the Hothouse Spontaneous Theatre Conservatory, the Second City, Upright Citizens Brigade, the Peoples Improv Theater, and Brave New Workshop.JoKyR is also the head of the theatre and film program of Skyline High School, and has taught theatre professionally for youth and adults since 2004. He holds a BFA in Theatre from the University of Utah, an MEd in Secondary Education from Grand Canyon University, and a level 2 Utah teaching license. Also an accomplished performance poet, JoKyR has been a member of two different national poetry slam teams, and has competed at numerous regional, national, and international performance poetry competitions. JoKyR is also a member of the Society of American Fight Directors, and an advanced actor combatant and level one teacher with Dueling Arts International.
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