About Kevin Kling
Playwright, actor, author, storyteller and cultural advocate, Kevin Kling is hailed as a Minnesota state treasure.
His work is infused with an innate sense of humor and reflects the life challenges he has surmounted, including a congenital birth disorder and partial paralysis from a near-fatal motorcycle accident.
He has performed his stories and plays in libraries, school gymnasiums, The Kennedy Center, Off-Broadway, regional theaters, and storytelling festivals around the US. His international tours have included Australia, Europe, and Thailand.
He has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, The McKnight Foundation, The Minnesota State Arts Board, The Bush Foundation, and The Jerome Foundation. He is a McDowell Fellow and has received the Whiting Award, the A.P. Anderson Award, the VSA Jeahny, and the Eric Peterson Award. Kevin was named the Minneapolis Story Laureate in 2014.
A frequent commentator for National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered”, Kevin now appears regularly on TPT's "Almanac" and was featured in the Regional Emmy Award winning PBS documentary "Kevin Kling: Lost and Found".
He has authored five books, The Dog Says How, Holiday Inn, Big Little Brother, Big Little Mother and On Stage with Kevin Kling. Other writing includes commissions with the Minnesota Orchestra and the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
Kevin is especially proud of his work as a teacher, playwright and performer with Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, a company that creates art in the spirit of radical inclusion.