Kautzman, Kevin

Kevin Kautzman (“a ferocious writer for the ‘recession generation’” – Critical Rant) is an award-winning playwright and co-founder of Bad Mouth Theatre Company. He co-hosts the Art of Darkness podcast and Mouthing Off, which can be heard online and on 94.1FM in St. Paul, Minnesota. Originally from western North Dakota, he holds degrees from the University of Minnesota (BA, History & Philosophy ’03) and the University of Texas at Austin (MFA, Creative Writing, Michener Fellow ’13). His work is published by Broadway Play Publishing, Oberon, Playscripts and Smith & Kraus and has been reviewed in outlets including Broadway World, the Dallas Morning News, Everything Theatre, the Guardian, the Peg, the Pioneer Press, and Time Out London. Most recently, his play MODERATION received readings from Spooky Action, Broad Horizons, Up and the Blank theatres, and the Valdez Theatre Conference. MODERATION premiered in Saint Paul at the Hive, from Bad Mouth Theatre Company, and premiered at the Hope in London March-April, 2025, directed by Lydia Parker. The production received an Offies Assessors’ Choice notice and Fringe Theatre Awards nominations for performance, production, direction, and new writing of a play. MODERATION is available from Broadway Play Publishing.