Kira is originally from the USA, where she attended the Orange County High School of the Arts and went on to receive her B.F.A. in Theatre Arts from Stephens College. Since graduating, she worked and toured regionally around the United States before moving to New Zealand in 2015. She works regularly at The Court Theatre as an Actor, a Choreographer, and an Intimacy Director.
Her choreography credits include The Wedding Singer, The Drowsy Chaperone, Urinetown (NASDA), Little Women (Stephens College), The Boyfriend, and Into the Woods (OCHSA). For The Court Theatre, she has choreographed Dance Nation, She Kills Monsters, Disney's The Little Mermaid JR., Little Shop of Horrors, and Something Rotten!.
Her intimacy professional training includes completing the Consent-Forward Artist Programme and both levels of the Foundations of Intimacy with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC), as well as the Foundations of Race and Intimacy with Theatrical Intimacy Education. She has also completed more than 30 specialized workshops in intimacy education.
Kira is a proud member of the American Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA, as well as Equity New Zealand (of which she is the Board Secretary). She appears as “Jane” on Power Rangers Dino Fury [Seasons 28 and 29] and Cosmic Fury [Season 30] and as “Bec” on Kid Sister on TVNZ [Seasons 1 and 2].
Court Shows
- 2024 - Strictly Ballroom The Musical - Choreographer, Intimacy Director, Female Swing, Understudy Tina, Liz, & Vanessa
- 2024 - A Doll’s House - Intimacy Director
- 2024 - She Kills Monsters - Choreographer/Intimacy Director
- 2024 - Disney’s The Little Mermaid JR. - Choreographer/Intimacy Director
- 2024 - Something Rotten! - Choreographer/Intimacy Director/Swing/Understudy for Bea and Portia
- 2024 - Nude Dudes do Dramatic Readings - Intimacy Director
- 2024 - Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express - Intimacy Director
- 2023 - Something Rotten! - Choreographer/Intimacy Director/Swing/Understudy for Bea and Portia
- 2023 - Dance Nation - Vanessa, The Mom's, Choreographer and Intimacy Director
- 2023 - The Sweet Science of Bruising - Intimacy Director
- 2022 - The Girl On The Train - Megan Hipwell
- 2021 - Little Shop of Horrors - Choreographer | Swing | Audrey standby
- 2019 - The Wind in the Willows - Squirrel Samuel / Stoat Stuart / Fortune Teller
- 2018 - Jesus Christ Superstar - Apostle Woman/Tap Choreographer
- 2017 - Chicago - Mona
- 2016 - Legally Blonde the Musical - Brooke Taylor-Windham