Assistant Professor
Office Location: ASC 288
(205) 934-1425
Office Hours: By appointment
Education:
- BA, Virginia Tech, Theatre Performance
- MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Theatre Pedagogy
Kelley Schoger is an actor, director, intimacy director, and Assistant Professor of Acting. She is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique (AmSAT) and a certified instructor of Jessica Wolf’s Art of Breathing. Kelley has performed in New York and regionally, including Off-Broadway appearances at La MaMa E.T.C., Theatre for the New City, St. Ann’s Warehouse, and The Culture Project. Her recent film work includes Chasing June (streaming on Amazon Prime) and Whistle Down Wind.
Her directing and movement direction credits include Mother Courage and Her Children at Arena Stage in Washington, DC (with Kathleen Turner), as well as productions across the U.S. and internationally with the renowned British physical theatre company Complicite. Kelley is also a creator of original solo works, which have been seen at La MaMa E.T.C. in NYC (Her Destined Port) and the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival with Dance-Forms Productions and the IUGTE Interdisciplinary Arts Conference in Austria (Beauty, Identity, Release).
In addition to her professional practice, Kelley has held academic appointments at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Alabama, where she has directed, intimacy directed, and coached numerous productions. She regularly presents workshops at national conferences including the American Society for the Alexander Technique Conference, the Association of Theatre Movement Educators, and the Southeastern Theatre Conference, and has presented research on Alexander Technique and acting at the Alexander Technique International Congress and other gatherings.
Kelley was named the 2022 Alabama State Council on the Arts Theatre Fellow and was honored to receive the 2025 Theatre Educator Award from The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa. She holds an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BA in Theatre from Virginia Tech, with additional training at Circle in the Square (NYC), the Gaiety School of Acting (Dublin), Pandemonium Studio with Chris Bayes (NYC), and the École Internationale de Mime Corporel Dramatique (Paris).
Kelley is passionate about helping performers discover greater authenticity, agency, balance of body and mind, and expressive freedom, and she continues to explore the intersection of Alexander Technique, embodiment, and acting in her research and creative work.