KYM BERNAZKY
917-676-6435 | cosmicpumpkin@mac.com
EDUCATION
Pratt Institute
MFA Performance and Performance Studies May 2022
Academic Achievement Award
New York University
BFA Acting Major Fall 1996
DEVISED THEATER/PERFORMANCE ART
The Long Black Veil Performance Clio Art Fair, Chelsea, NYC
Nothing To Do Here Built an Installation Chashama Gala 2023
Circus Amok. Clown The Artist Space, et al
William Pope L.’s Dressing Up For Civil Rights Policeman MOMA
Dancing Mania Ensemble HERE
A Play On Demand Solo Creation The Field
The Lady at Liberty If The Lady Were At Liberty To Solo Creation Chashama Gala
Death! and The Act of Living Co-Creator/Performer Dixon Place
Plasticland: Transmigration Creator/Performer Chashama Gala
ShAMBLES: Spaghetti Western Solo Current Sessions
The Show With Nothing In It Solo Triskelion's Improv Fest
ShAMBLES Creator/Performer Dixon Place
Medea Blitz Co-Creator/Performer Dixon Place
Ann Hamilton's the event of a thread reader The Park Ave Armory
Cafe Variations Workshop SITI Company Ensemble New York Live Arts
Ragdoll Engine’s Rain is Just the Clouds Getting The Blues Performer Triskelion Comedy Dance
Synaesthetic Theater Co’s The Empire's New Clothes Co-Creator/Performer The Studio Theater
Bonejesters LaMama
PERFORMER
Crossover Health Commercial, Care Navigator with Blurry-Hinge Productions
Macbeth Lady Macbeth Evening Star Productions, FL
Museum of Useless ArtifactsWalter Director Harold Lehmann at Silent Barn
NOVACATION as Deborah Dir: Harold Lehmann @IRT Theater
Tippi Hedren from The Birds @ Tribeca Film Festival
Write-topia Lab's Worldwide PlayFest - Multiple Roles @Westside Theater
Sleep No More @ Halloween Ball as supporting cast
Timing Short Film - Finalist for The Doorpost Film Festival
Pope and Jesus @ an online comedy webisode series with Brownfish.com
The Doctor and The Devils @ The Black Box as Annabelle
The Seagull @ Circle in the Square as Nina
TRAINING
Circle In the Square Theater School
Acting: Alan Langdon, Ernie Shaheen Meisner: Lauri Peters Improv/clowning: Jonah Emsig Physical Theater: Moni Yakim, Peter Dilorenzo, Susan Milani Voice/speech: Keely Eastley, Eva Barnes, Pat Mullen
SITI Company Trainings 2010 – 2019
Suzuki & Viewpoints Ellen Lauren, Anne Bogart, Akiko Aizawa, J. Ed Araiza, Will Bond, GM Gianino, Leon Ingulsrud, Kelly Maurer, Barney O’Hanlon, Stephen Duff Webber
SITI Company Intern Jan 2018
SITI Mini Lab June 2016 – time and space to create Death! And The Act of Living
SITI Summer Theater intensive at Skidmore June 2011
Independent Trainings
Grotowski: Steve Waugh, Raina Von Waldenberg, Erica Fae Improv/Clowning: Upright Citizen's Brigade Mask/Clowning: John Charles Murphy of Mummenshanz
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Co-Founder/Artistic Director/Performer
Collision Productions 2010 - 2015
Collision was founded to surprise, delight and defy our audience expectations; to create work that flew in the face of conventional theater; to promote happiness and inspire magic in the everyday world. It was founded to explore immersive theater.
Productions/Events With Collision:
Plasticland: A Better Place (creator/performer)
Full Self-Production, The 14 Street Y Theater
Dixon Place Hot Festival
Bushwick Open Studios, Hybrid: Performance Art Fest
The Field's Emerging Artist Space Residency
Hats Off To The Red Room (curator)
The Red Room at KGB Bar
Cafe Candide (performer/creator)
Mt Tremper Arts Residency
The Brooklyn Lyceum
Endure - Run/Woman/Show (producer)
World Premiere Spring 2011 NYC, Canadian Tour 2011, Prospect Park Fall 2011
We Might Be Experimenting On You (writer/performer)
The NYC Frigid Festival - The Sellout Award
The Red Room
And then she found me (working title) (ensemble creation)
workshop at ART, NY
Jan-May 2012 Stella Adler Residency Jan-May 2012
Residency at Mt. Tremper Arts
Entertainment Manager: Sleep No More 2011
Created the position. Duties included managing the house band for Sleep No More, booking and negotiating fees with bands and acts for the Manderley Bar, handling visiting artists, organizing logistics, liaising with producers, bar manager, marketing and general manager, creating concepts for Halloween Parties. I left this position because I wanted to focus solely on my creative work
Artistic Director: Six Characters 1998-2008 a multi-media, all-silent modern nod to vaudeville with a strong aesthetic based in dance, commedia, physical theater, silent movies and performance art. Every show was written, produced, performed by the ensemble. Each show ended with the characters getting pied by the audience.
Productions With Six Characters
Six Characters: Best Show Ever! (Writer/producer/performer)
The Orlando International Fringe Festival Winner of the Best Technical Award, 2007
World Premiere @ Theater For the New City, New York Times Reviewed, 2005
Space Grant at Worth Street from Chashama, 2005
Six Characters: 2 PSAs for NRDC (head writer/actor)
NRDC commissioned us to create 2 PSAs to raise awareness for global warming, 2006
Six Characters: Brilliant! (Writer/producer/performer)
A short film commissioned by Mark Tyler, 2006
Six Characters: Too Cancelled For TV (writer/producer/performer)
A 31-minute pilot episode screened at the NY Independent Film Festival, 2004
Six Characters: Only The Hits. Gershwin Hotel Residency, 2003
The Six Characters Cometh (writer/producer/performer)
Remounted and reworked as The Six Characters Cometh Redux at the Chernuchin Theater, 2002
OOBR Award for Best Ensemble of the Year, 2001
Presented by Fractured Atlas at the Connelly Theater, NYC, 2001
Six Characters in Search of a Working Title (writer/producer/performer)
In residence at the Kraine Theater, 2000 - 2001
NYC Pure Pop Festival, 1999
NYC Fringe Festival, 1999
Collective Unconscious, 1998
Co-Artistic Director: Mr. Theater Co. 1998-2008
Crimes of the Heart @ Pianos NYC, 1997
A Brief History of Banana Clip Celluloid @ Todo Con Nada NYC, 1997
Self Torture and Strenuous Exercise @ Todo Con Nada NYC, 1996
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Bartender Floyd & Union Hall & Bell House Feb 2012 - present
Bartender Wolf & Deer Wine & Mixology Bar November 2011 - May 2012
Bartender 11th Street Bar NYC, NY July 2009 - August 2011
Bartender Antarctica NYC, NY May 2006 – April 2010
Bartender The Blender at Gramercy Theater NYC 750 person music venue March 2007 - July 2008
Bartender Delancey Lounge, high volume club May 2007 – October 2007
Bar Manager/Bartender Revival NYC, NY June 1997 – May 2006
After hired as bar manager I increased sales by 33%, created specialty drinks, PR,
hiring and firing, introducing new theme nights, opening and closing duties,
bar upkeep, scheduling parties, managing employees
ACTIVITIES
Volunteer with “The Doula Program to Accompany and Comfort” Volunteers visit with individuals with terminal diseases in their homes. The people we visit often lack family and friends.
Received my 200 hour yoga certification in April 2016 in Dharamshala, India
I’ve had my open water scuba certification since 2004 and have dived all over the world
I’ve volunteered with Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) with the Youthworks Program. Professional artists work as coaches to guide these aspiring young artists (age 8-18) through a 6-week rehearsal process.
PUBLICATIONS
References Available Upon Request
Pic by the illustrious Jeremiah Cumberbatch (CLICK HERE TO HIRE HIM AND SEE HIS WEBSITE)
Performing at The Armory in Ann Hamilton’s event of a thread. In this picture, I’m lucky enough to be performing with J. Ed of SITI Company fame.
Photo Cred to The Armory (I think)
Performing at The Museum of Modern Art in Pope L’s Dressing Up for Civil Rights
