Kevin G. Coleman is a Shakespeare & Company founding member and its Director of Education. He is a master teacher of text analysis, stage combat, clown, and directing.  Coleman has been a guest teacher or director at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Harvard University; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Louisiana State University; SUNY Albany; Stanford University; Shenandoah Shakespeare; Queensland University, Australia; Lincoln Center; the Folger Library, and the Stratford Festival, among others. He was honored at the White House in 2006 for the Education Program’s work with juvenile offenders which received the Coming Up Taller award. He has also received the Teaching Artist Award for Theatre from the State of Massachusetts and was a finalist for the 2016 Tony Education Award. He holds degrees from St. Louis University and New York University.