Alec Volz is in his 9th season with Walden Theatre, where he recently directed It Came From Indiana!, Coriolanus, My So-Called So-Called Life, The Taming of the Shrew, The Time of Your Life, Troilus and Cressida, As It Is In Heaven, The Grapes of Wrath, The Language of Angels, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Antigone, Holiday, and Richard III. A Louisville native and graduate of Trinity High School, Alec attended the University of Kentucky before touring with a children's theatre company he co-founded. Alec studied with the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York, where he performed in several Off-Off Broadway productions and on the CBS soap opera The Guiding Light. Technical credits include set, prop, and sound design for most Walden productions, and production stage manager for The Chicago Improv Festival. Alec is also a narrator for the American Printing House for the Blind, a co-founder of the Louisville Improvisors, and is a commercial voice-over actor.
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About Walden Theatre
Walden Theatre was created in 1976 to give young people the opportunity to grow and develop through the comprehensive study of theatre. Today Walden provides theatre education to 11,000 students annually through its nationally-renowned Conservatory and Outreach Programs, and creates more than 98 public performance opportunities for students - ranging from Shakespeare, Shaw, and Aesop to contemporary world-premiere productions and student-written plays. Its continuing success is built on respect for young people's enormous ability to learn and achieve, and grounded in its respect for theatre as a mirror on the world
