Brian Adam Kline * Historian * 2021 - 2023
Brian Adam Kline is a writer, director, producer and educator. A 2009 graduate of West Virginia University with a B.F.A. in Acting. Brian has directed the award winning short films Live Vid, Love & Coffee and Peri Street: The Series. He has worked on the Dreamworks SKG film She’s Out of My League in 2008, the Discovery Channel, and ABC Television's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Brian has directed the plays A Streetcar Named Desire, The Diary of Anne Frank, Lion/Witch/Wardrobe, Fences, Venus In Fur, The Vagina Monologues (Pryer Award for Best Directing), Junie B Jones: The Musical, Alice In Wonderland, The Young Wizards of Oz, Annie Jr, Kids Rule The World, Kids Save The World, Hollow Men, Cold But Soft, The One That Got Away and Kiss Me. He also wrote and directed the children shows Gleekosaur, Gleekosaur II, Gleeks In Space and 20,000 Gleeks Under the Sea for Gilbert Theater’s Glee. He is the co-founder of Gilbert GATE, an intensive acting program designed for high school and college students. He has taught Film and Acting at Fayetteville Technical Community College and Cape Fear Regional Theatre. He has been employed at The Capitol Encore Academy since 2016 as the Arts Chair and teacher of Theatre and Film. He is the Founding Artistic Director of The Chameleon Children’s Theatre producing the shows Peter Pan, Sleepy Hollow, Pinocchio, Hansel & Gretel, A Christmas Carol, Snow White, The Jungle Book, Frankenstein, Dracula, A Christmas Carol II, Aladdin, Jekyll & Hyde, The Story of the Yara, Thumbelina and Robyn Hood.
Mr. Kline is a recipient of Fayetteville's 40 Under 40, in 2020.
Mr. Kline is a recipient of Fayetteville's 40 Under 40, in 2020.