Chris Kaminstein
Shannon Flaherty
Co-Artistic Director
Chris Kaminstein is a writer, director, actor, and co-Artistic Director of Goat in the Road. He has been featured on the cover of American Theatre with company member Will Bowling for work on their original 2010 production, Our Man. He is the co-writer and creator of GRP’sInstant Misunderstanding (residencies at North American Cultural Laboratory and Ko Festival), Our Man, This Sweaty City (episodic podcast), and Numb. He is a frequent collaborator with members of the film company Court 13. Chris’ directing credits include Catch the Wall by Gabrielle Reisman (Dillard University), Major Swelling’s Salvation Salve Medicine Show by Andrew Vaught, and ee me and pollock thee (Big Easy Award nomination). Chris has appeared in plays at Southern Rep (New Orleans), Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble (Bloomsburg, PA), Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Chashama (NYC), and at Spoke the Hub (Brooklyn). Additionally, he is an improviser with the nationally touring group machine A. He holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University in theater studies, teaches part time with KID smART, and in the summers at Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen MI.