Kit Grindeland

KIT GRINDELAND

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Haunting Rhode Island with clowning antics, ceramics classes and work, and childcare/teaching.

Kit Grindeland (they/he) is a fool, a ceramicist, a performer, an educator, and a jack of several fistfuls of trades.

They were educated in Theatre Education/Acting at Emerson College and spent about a decade as an actor and teaching artist in Boston and beyond. He’s performed/propped/produced/taught for New Repertory Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Olney Theatre/The National Players (Tour 70), Merrimack Repertory Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Fizgig Studio, and many more. They were introduced to ceramics in 2021 and since then have taught ceramics at Amherst College, Anyhow Studios, and The Steelyard. They are the 2024-2025 Ceramics Workshare Fellow at the Steelyard where he will focus on alternative firing methods.

They’re currently an early childhood educator and have taught at several private and public schools independently or in collaboration with The Wilbury Theatre Group in Providence. They work at The Lincoln School as a Little School Assistant Teacher.

Their clown show, Rasputin, LIVE! recently debuted at The Providence Fringe Festival to sold out crowds, and will be returning to The Wilbury Theatre Group for reprise performances in the fall.