Kris Weir (’18)

Kris is a graduate of Boston University’s Arts Administration Master’s program and a Theatre Arts graduate of the University of Southern Queensland in Australia.

Kris is currently working as the Academic Program Manager for Actuarial Science at Boston University. Kris has worked recently as a consultant with Lost Nation Theater, as a Graduate Assistant with the director of the Arts Administration program, Lanfranco Aceti and as a Graduate Teaching Assistant to Michael Maso, the Managing Director of the Huntington Theatre in Boston. She most recently worked for Lost Nation Theater in Vermont as their full time Production Stage Manager and Education Coordinator et al. She was highly active in all areas of the company.

Kris has also worked as an educator in a variety of ways including one-on-one mentoring in stage management, directing workshops for international schools to over 100 students, and lecturing in practical applications of community and political theater at a university level. She has also worked as a workshop leader to high school students on subjects such as Brecht, Boal, Shakespeare, and the Living Newspaper.

Collaborative new works are one of Kris’ favorite things to work on and has done so across the world including: Miracle in Brisbane, Lazarus Won’t get out of bed, Captain Pathos and his Army of Imaginary Friends, Dead Cargo, Lyddie, Ransom, and London’s Burning.

“The Arts Administration graduate program at Boston University is giving me the skills to take the next step in my career. I am learning so much about how to better support the work of practicing artists and arts organizations.”