About
Callie Kimball joins Bates as an award-winning, internationally produced playwright and classically trained actor, director, and movement coach. Her plays have been produced and developed in New York, Chicago, LA, and DC, at the Kennedy Center, MCC Theater, Lark Play Development Center, Portland Stage Company, Washington Shakespeare Company, Theater at Monmouth, The Drama League, and elsewhere. She is a MacDowell Fellow, and has won the Rita & Burton Goldberg Playwriting Award and the Clauder Gold Prize, as well as been a finalist for the O’Neill and Princess Grace Awards. She has taught or been a guest artist at Kings College London Shakespeare Centre, the ACS International Schools in London, National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, Bates College, Bowdoin College, and Colby College. She earned her MFA at Hunter College, and her BA at the College of William and Mary.
Current Courses
Fall Semester 2025
Introduction to Playwriting
In this course, students will learn how to write plays by…writing plays. The goal is for students to write boldly, quickly, and theatrically, and to begin to understand and manage their creative process. Students will read and discuss contemporary plays to understand the choices playwrights make a…
Independent Study
Students, in consultation with a faculty advisor, individually design and plan a course of study or research not offered in the curriculum. Course work includes a reflective component, evaluation, and completion of an agreed-upon product. Sponsorship by a faculty member in the program/department and…
Winter Semester 2026
Advanced Playwriting
In Advanced Playwriting, students will refine their writing and revision skills, offer and receive feedback through the Liz Lerman critical response process, read and respond to critical essays, and begin the transition to live performance. This writing- and discussion-driven course will also deepen…