Arizona Theatre Matters Education

MKM Riddell

Education Director

Actor • Director • Theatre Scholar • Visual Artist

MKM Riddell

MKM Riddell is a New Mexico-based actor, director, visual artist, theatre scholar, and Education Director of Arizona Theatre Matters.

Education at Arizona Theatre Matters

As Education Director, MKM helps guide Arizona Theatre Matters’ educational initiatives, bringing together theatre scholarship, practical artistry, and decades of experience supporting adults with disabilities.

She brings deep theatrical knowledge, human-services experience, creativity, and generous spirit to Arizona Theatre Matters’ educational programming.

Theatre Practice

MKM directed Jeanmarie Simpson’s solo piece, Heretic – The Mary Dyer Story, which launched at the Boulder Friends Meeting in Colorado and subsequently toured for ten years.

MKM continues to work with adults with disabilities, which is where she and Jeanmarie first connected.

Scholarship & Artistic Life

MKM has a lifetime of theatre credits, scholarship, and study. She holds a BA in Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts from Eureka College, and an MA and PhD ABD in Theatre Studies from Bowling Green State University.

In addition to being a gifted theatre artist, MKM is a prolific and celebrated visual artist.

Selected Artwork by MKM Riddell

The visual practice of an artist whose work crosses disciplines.

Artwork by MKM Riddell
Artwork by MKM Riddell
Winter Solstice by MKM Riddell
Artwork by MKM Riddell
Artwork by MKM Riddell
Artwork by MKM Riddell
Artwork by MKM Riddell
Artwork by MKM Riddell
Artwork by MKM Riddell
Artwork by MKM Riddell

All images © MKM Riddell

Across theatre, education, human services, and visual art, MKM’s practice brings multiple ways of seeing and making into Arizona Theatre Matters’ educational work.

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