KIM SLADE
Program Director

Kim Slade has overseen BTP as it has doubled in size to over 200 students. Before working full time for BTP, Kim worked as a producer, director and actress. She produced and cast live Industrial shows for a huge range of national clients including companies such as Land Rover, Nortel, CNA and MacGregor Golf.

A member of Actor’s Equity, Kim’s performance credits include featured roles in Alice in Wonderland, Chicago, The Heidi Chronicles, Lies and Legends, The Music of Harry Chapin, An Enemy of the People, Christmas in New York, The Dining Room, The Fantasticks, Going to See the Elephant, Portrait of a Madonna, An Actor’s Nightmare and An Evening with Tennessee Williams.

She has also produced and/or performed in numerous film, TV and commercial projects, including the children’s program Big Fun, Little Playhouse and the feature film Curdled starring William Baldwin.

Her commercial clients include Holiday Inn Hotels and Eckerd Drugstore chain. Kim is a graduate of the University of Tampa and studied theatre at the University of Florida and the Burt Reynolds Institute and Theatre in Jupiter, FL where she performed as a Resident Company Member. Kim is responsible for creating the BTP Comes To You program providing professional training to students across the country.

In addition to teaching various acting and dance workshops she recently, Kim helmed the BTP workshop productions of the Frank Wildhorn’s Broadway bound musicals, Wonderland and Havana.