Kentucky Shakespeare Staff

Hannah Pruitt

Hannah Pruitt, Director of Creative Engagement

hannah@kyshakespeare.com

Hannah has been a part of the Kentucky Shakespeare team since 2012 and has served as the Camp Shakespeare Intern/Stage Manager for the Globe Players, Assistant Director for the Spring Tours of Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and Romeo & Juliet, Arts Education Coordinator, and most recently as Education Programs Manager.  Hannah has led her favorite Kentucky Shakespeare program, Camp Shakespeare, for 11 wonderful summers.

In 2021, she became the Director of Creative Engagement and trains our Artist Educators, creates curriculum for workshops and residencies, cultivates relationships with schools, community partners, and arts education advocates, and most recently, she created our newest Kentucky Shakespeare workshop, Voices of Young Women, that was selected as a grant recipient of the Kentucky Foundation for Women.  She serves as a member of the Cultural Consortium and a member of the Education Committee for the Shakespeare Theatre Association.  She is certified by the National Council for Mental Well-being in Mental Health First Aid for both Adults and Youth.

Hannah is thrilled to be working towards becoming a certified Intimacy Director with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators, Inc and has received her certificate as a Consent Forward Artist.  With the company, she has served as the Intimacy Consultant on Shakespeare’s R&J, Twelfth Night, and Pride and Prejudice.

Hannah hails from the lovely city of Henderson, KY.  She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Louisville with a BS in Theatre Arts.