Kitt Lavoie

Kitt Lavoie
Director, School of Theatre and Dance
lavoiec25@ecu.edu
252-328-1191
105 Messick Theatre Arts Center
Mail Stop 553
East Carolina University

Kitt Lavoie is a director, playwright, filmmaker, arts administrator, and educator who has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, across the United States, and around the world. He is the only living playwright to have had their work performed on all seven continents. Kitt is the Founding Artistic Director of the Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival and for 22 years was the Artistic Director of The CRY HAVOC Company, a New York City-based theatre focused on new play development and artist education. Kitt wrote and produced the acclaimed documentary Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened about the original Broadway cast of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along (New York Times’ Top Ten Films of the Year, Evening Standard’s Ten Best Arts Documentaries, #2 on Playbill’s list of Best Theatre Documentaries of All Time), and also worked with Sondheim as a member of the directing team for Sweeney Todd (starring Emma Thompson), Company (starring Neil Patrick Harris), and Sondheim! The Birthday Concert (starring Audra McDonald, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, and Elaine Stritch). His frequent work with PBS’ Live from Lincoln Center and Great Performances has led to collaborations with some of the nation’s most prestigious dance companies, including American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, and the Julliard School Dance Program. Prior to coming to ECU, Kitt led the Acting and Musical Theatre BFA programs at the Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre & Dance at Southeast Missouri State University. He has guest lectured at Yale University, Pace University, Penn State University, and others, and he holds an adjunct appointment at The Norwegian Actors College in Oslo, Norway.