THEATRE MAKER
Creating theatre through performance, direction, production, and new work.
For more than four decades, I have built theatre from the inside out — as a performer, director, producer, playwright, and arts leader. My work bridges the intimate and the large-scale: originating new plays, directing ambitious productions, shaping cultural spaces, and stepping onstage to bring stories fully to life.
Whether developing new material or stewarding established works, I approach each project as both artist and architect — shaping the creative vision while building the structure that allows it to thrive. Theatre is not a single discipline. It is an ecosystem. I make the work — and I build the conditions for it to succeed.
Bart holds a BFA in Performing Arts from Western Kentucky University, with additional studies in Great Britain and Paris. His early career included an internship at Stage One – Louisville’s Children’s Theatre and training with notable figures such as Tim Conway, Tom Poston, James Kirkwood, and the National Shakespeare Company.
Bart’s work as a theatre maker has been shaped through decades of collaboration with regional and national arts, education, and cultural organizations. He currently serves as a consultant for the Kentucky Peer Advisory Network and is a member of Kentuckians For The Arts. The organizations represented here reflect a career built through professional memberships, leadership service, artistic partnerships, and advocacy advancing meaningful, community-driven performing arts across Kentucky and beyond.
