Kelli Moore

Kelli Coleman Moore is an actor, director, and theatre scholar. She holds a Master’s Degree in Religious Studies, and a Ph.D. in Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She recently appeared as Yelena in the Lit Moon World's production of Uncle Vanya at the Eastward Directions Theatre Festival in Bialystok, Poland. In Fall 2025, she will be travelling with the Lit Moon World theatre group to the International Theater Festival in Yerevan, Armenia. She co-directed and produced a stage reading of Gloria in Spring 2024 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the tragedy in Isla Vista, and is currently collaborating on an article exploring themes of healing trauma through dramatic art for the Journal of Research and Drama Education. Kelli has taught various courses including Theatre History, Spirituality and Art, Theatre and Politics, Acting, and Writing.

She has also worked as an academic administrator on a number of grants and programs Public Theologies of Technologies of Presence (PTTP) funded by the Luce Foundation and the Study of U.S. Institute: Religious Pluralism and U.S. Presence funded by the Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs.