Kutumba (kuh-toom-buh)
Kutumba has various meanings in several languages and many resonate with the mission of the Kutumba Theatre Project. Kutumba: a unique bond amongst community members, family or kin, to leap, to strut proudly.
Mission: To produce plays that compel audiences and artists to expand their views about the relationships, values, issues, history, and humor that are imperative to living as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
Kutumba Theatre Project is a collective focusing on works and the development of works that give a voice to the LGBTQ+ community, with an emphasis on the L, women's interests, and other underserved populations within the LGBTQ+ community.
Kutumba has various meanings in several languages and many resonate with the mission of the Kutumba Theatre Project. Kutumba: a unique bond amongst community members, family or kin, to leap, to strut proudly.
Mission: To produce plays that compel audiences and artists to expand their views about the relationships, values, issues, history, and humor that are imperative to living as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
Kutumba Theatre Project is a collective focusing on works and the development of works that give a voice to the LGBTQ+ community, with an emphasis on the L, women's interests, and other underserved populations within the LGBTQ+ community.
KTP Founder, Kim Ehly, directed the NYC Premiere of a sold out run of Kim’s hit play, Baby GirL, at The New York International Fringe Festival-FringeNYC for Kutumba Theatre Project. Chosen from thousands of scripts, Baby GirL, played at the Kraine Theatre. Kim is a veteran of the theatre and has worked in film, TV, theatre, commercials and voiceovers in NYC, LA, and South Florida. Kim directed Julie Johnson and The Beebo Brinker Chronicles, two of Kutumba’s smash hits.
Kim wrote and directed their debut play, Baby GirL, as the inaugural production of the non-profit, Kutumba Theatre Project. Baby GirL enjoyed sold out audiences and critical acclaim. As a result of that production, Kim was the first female/non-binary playwright to receive the SILVER PALM AWARD for Outstanding New Playwright and was nominated for a Carbonell Award and a Broadway World Award for Best New Play. Kim’s play under their direction, also received the honor of being named in the Top Five Plays by the Sun Sentinel, Top Ten in the Miami Herald, and Best Debut by Florida Theatre On Stage. The screenplay version of Baby GirL, which has not yet been produced, placed as a finalist in the NewFest Film Festival in NYC.
Kim has a BFA in acting/directing from FAU. Kim directed two shorts for an LGBT short play series (SILVER PALM AWARD). Kim wrote a short for that project called The Happy Ones. That short was selected to be part of Girl Play at The Women’s Theatre Project and was voted Audience Favorite/Best of the Fest. Kim was commissioned to write two, one-minute plays, “T” and Places, which premiered at this year’s One Minute Play Festival in Miami. Kim has directed for The Women’s Theatre Project, The New Theatre, City Theatre, Naked Stage, Island City Stage, Michael Howard Studios, among other professional theatres in South Florida and in NYC.
Kim was also named one of 9 most intriguing people in the arts community of South Florida and one of 50 most influential people in the LGBT community of South Florida by the SFGN (South Florida Gay News). The Miami Herald named Kim among the "Power Players" of Women in the Arts. Kim is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild of America, and is a longtime member of Actors' Equity Association and SAG/AFTRA.
Kim wrote and directed their debut play, Baby GirL, as the inaugural production of the non-profit, Kutumba Theatre Project. Baby GirL enjoyed sold out audiences and critical acclaim. As a result of that production, Kim was the first female/non-binary playwright to receive the SILVER PALM AWARD for Outstanding New Playwright and was nominated for a Carbonell Award and a Broadway World Award for Best New Play. Kim’s play under their direction, also received the honor of being named in the Top Five Plays by the Sun Sentinel, Top Ten in the Miami Herald, and Best Debut by Florida Theatre On Stage. The screenplay version of Baby GirL, which has not yet been produced, placed as a finalist in the NewFest Film Festival in NYC.
Kim has a BFA in acting/directing from FAU. Kim directed two shorts for an LGBT short play series (SILVER PALM AWARD). Kim wrote a short for that project called The Happy Ones. That short was selected to be part of Girl Play at The Women’s Theatre Project and was voted Audience Favorite/Best of the Fest. Kim was commissioned to write two, one-minute plays, “T” and Places, which premiered at this year’s One Minute Play Festival in Miami. Kim has directed for The Women’s Theatre Project, The New Theatre, City Theatre, Naked Stage, Island City Stage, Michael Howard Studios, among other professional theatres in South Florida and in NYC.
Kim was also named one of 9 most intriguing people in the arts community of South Florida and one of 50 most influential people in the LGBT community of South Florida by the SFGN (South Florida Gay News). The Miami Herald named Kim among the "Power Players" of Women in the Arts. Kim is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild of America, and is a longtime member of Actors' Equity Association and SAG/AFTRA.