BIO
creative bio
KOLTON BRADLEY is a New York-based director, actor, and teacher. He is an alum of Lincoln Center Theater's Directors Lab and the Observership Program with Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). He has directed at several theatre companies, including Huntington Theatre Company, Gloucester Stage Company, SpeakEasy Stage Company, New Repertory Theatre, Lyric Stage Company, and Detroit Repertory Theatre. As an instructor, he has taught at The Harlem School of the Arts and The New Victory Theater in Times Square. Stage acting credits include: The Inheritance, Rent, Dreamgirls, Ragtime, Hairspray, Once On This Island, Side Show, Macbeth, and Measure for Measure.
Kolton studied Shakespeare and Classical Drama at The British Academy of Dramatic Arts. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Michigan and a Master of Fine Arts in Directing from Boston University.
Kolton is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Alfred University in New York.
Artistic MARKETING AND Leadership
KOLTON worked in arts marketing for nearly 20 years. Most recently he worked as the Marketing and Public Relations Associate for José Mateo Ballet Theatre in Cambridge, MA. From 2005-2016 he worked at Walker International Communications Group as Marketing Associate, providing marketing and audience development for productions on and off-Broadway. Broadway productions include: A Raisin In The Sun starring Denzel Washington, Thurgood starring Laurence Fishburne, Driving Miss Daisy starring James Earl Jones, Race starring Kerry Washington, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess starring Audra McDonald, and Stick Fly produced by Alicia Keys.
Off-Broadway he has provided marketing support for The Signature Theatre Company, The Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, New York Theatre Workshop, The Cherry Lane Theatre, and The New York International Fringe Festival. His institutional clients include Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance Theatre of Harlem, The Apollo Theater, and The New Victory Theater.