KJ is the founder and CEO of American Records, dedicated to making theatre that chronicles our time, theatre that serves as a bridge between people. She is a playwright and director and has worked at (select list) The Guthrie Theatre, Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, The Alley, Arizona Theatre Company, Berkeley Rep, Baltimore’s Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Playmakers Rep, Asolo Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Two River Theater Company, Frontera Rep, Round House, Studio Theatre in D.C., Cornerstone Theater Company and Off-Broadway at Urban Stages, HERE Arts Center and the Gene Frankel Theatre. As an actor KJ performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and internationally including the Toga-Mura Festival in Japan and the IberoAmericano Festival in Bogota, Columbia. KJ is a former member of Anne Bogart’s SITI Company; she is the voice of many characters on the cartoons Dora the Explorer and Go Diego Go. KJ is a Fox Fellow, Douglass Wallop Fellow, and a recipient of the Rella Lossy Playwright Award. She is an Associate Artist with The Civilians and a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect. She is also an Associate Professor at UT Austin and head of the MFA Directing program.