Kristie Post Wallace is a Salt Lake City, UT based stage director, filmmaker, and writer. She directs in a variety of genres, including contemporary and new plays, musicals, and Shakespeare. She is also a deviser. Known for her collaborative, process driven approach to theatre, Kristie creates inclusive communities in the rehearsal room and mixes innovation with creation and reimagining. Her point of view is that storytelling creates communities from people of all perspectives and serves as a vehicle for social discourse. Kristie believes in the power of laughter and the deep feeling of music.

Some of Kristie’s most notable productions include an innovative Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo, The Laramie Project by Moises Kauffman, The Women of Lockerbie by Debra Brevoort, The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa Fasthourse, and Ada and the Engine by Lauren Gunderson. Musicals include The Drowsy Chaperone, Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder, Hairspray, Crazy for You, Beauty and the Beast, and a bilingual The Lion King with ASL and spoken English. Kristie has also directed several world premiere stagings of new work. In devising, Kristie directed and developed a film dis/re/connection (see film work), a bully project play with teenagers, a piece centering around people who have taken refuge in various places, and more.

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Kristie has worked as an industry professional adjunct professor at Brigham Young University in the Theatre Media Arts Department and currently adjuncts at Utah Valley University in the Department of Theatrical Arts for the stage and screen. She has taught acting, directing, script analysis, contemporary performance and more. 

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MFA in Directing: University of Washington School of Drama

TV/Film Essentials Certificate from NYU/Yellowbrick

BA: Brigham Young University

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