Kim Ehly directed the NYC Premiere of a sold out run of her hit play, Baby GirL, at The New York International Fringe Festival-FringeNYC. Chosen from thousands of scripts, Baby GirL, played at the Kraine Theatre in August of 2014. Kim is a veteran of the theatre and has worked in film, TV, theatre, commercials and voiceovers in NYC, LA, and South Florida. Kim directed Julie Johnson and The Beebo Brinker Chronicles, two of Kutumba’s smash hits.
Kim wrote and directed her debut play, Baby GirL, as the inaugural production of her company, Kutumba Theatre Project. Baby GirL enjoyed sold out audiences and critical acclaim. As a result of that production, Kim was the first female playwright to receive the SILVER PALM AWARD for Outstanding New Playwright and was nominated for a Carbonell Award and a Broadway World Award for Best New Play. Kim’s play under her direction, also received the honor of being named in the Top Five Plays of 2012 by the Sun Sentinel, Top Ten in the Miami Herald, and Best Debut by Florida Theatre On Stage. The screenplay version of Baby GirL, which has not yet been produced, placed as a finalist in the NewFest Film Festival in NYC.
Kim has a BFA in acting/directing from FAU. She directed two shorts for an LGBT short play series (SILVER PALM AWARD). Kim wrote a short for that project called The Happy Ones. That short was selected to be part of Girl Play at The Women’s Theatre Project in June 2014 and was voted Audience Favorite/Best of the Fest. Kim was commissioned to write two, one-minute plays, “T” and Places, which premiered at this year’s One Minute Play Festival in Miami. She has directed for The Women’s Theatre Project, The New Theatre, City Theatre, Naked Stage, Island City Stage, Michael Howard Studios, among other professional theatres in South Florida and in NYC.
Kim was also named one of 9 most intriguing people in the arts community of South Florida and one of 50 most influential people in the LGBT community of South Florida by the SFGN (South Florida Gay News). Recently, The Miami Herald named Kim among the "Power Players" of Women in the Arts. She is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild of America, and is a longtime member of Actors' Equity Association and SAG/AFTRA.
Kim wrote and directed her debut play, Baby GirL, as the inaugural production of her company, Kutumba Theatre Project. Baby GirL enjoyed sold out audiences and critical acclaim. As a result of that production, Kim was the first female playwright to receive the SILVER PALM AWARD for Outstanding New Playwright and was nominated for a Carbonell Award and a Broadway World Award for Best New Play. Kim’s play under her direction, also received the honor of being named in the Top Five Plays of 2012 by the Sun Sentinel, Top Ten in the Miami Herald, and Best Debut by Florida Theatre On Stage. The screenplay version of Baby GirL, which has not yet been produced, placed as a finalist in the NewFest Film Festival in NYC.
Kim has a BFA in acting/directing from FAU. She directed two shorts for an LGBT short play series (SILVER PALM AWARD). Kim wrote a short for that project called The Happy Ones. That short was selected to be part of Girl Play at The Women’s Theatre Project in June 2014 and was voted Audience Favorite/Best of the Fest. Kim was commissioned to write two, one-minute plays, “T” and Places, which premiered at this year’s One Minute Play Festival in Miami. She has directed for The Women’s Theatre Project, The New Theatre, City Theatre, Naked Stage, Island City Stage, Michael Howard Studios, among other professional theatres in South Florida and in NYC.
Kim was also named one of 9 most intriguing people in the arts community of South Florida and one of 50 most influential people in the LGBT community of South Florida by the SFGN (South Florida Gay News). Recently, The Miami Herald named Kim among the "Power Players" of Women in the Arts. She is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild of America, and is a longtime member of Actors' Equity Association and SAG/AFTRA.
