Kaycee Swierc (she/her) is a director and producer currently pursuing her MFA in Directing at Carnegie Mellon University (Class of 2026) as a John Wells Fellow. The CMU School of Drama is ranked #4 globally by The Hollywood Reporter and recognized as a “New Ivy” by Forbes.

Her projects include Much Ado About Nothing (Assistant Director, American Players Theatre), Half World (Workshop Director, East Village Basement), Epiphany (Workshop Director, Florida Atlantic University; additional workshop, Tampa Bay Theatre Festival, Winner: Best Play), and Gloria (Director, Carnegie Mellon School of Drama). Most recently, she served as Assistant Director for Disney’s Frozen and the regional premiere of Dear Evan Hansen at The Muny, as well as Noises Off at Pittsburgh Public Theater. She is currently directing Hurricane Diane at Carnegie Mellon, a production dedicated to her queer grandmothers.

Previously, Kaycee was the Special Assistant to the Artistic Director (Diane Paulus) and the Executive Team at the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, where she assistant directed on the Tony Award-winning Jagged Little Pill (Broadway and North American Tour) and WILD (A.R.T.), and contributed to major productions including 1776 and Becoming a Man.

In addition to her work at A.R.T., she served as a season casting director and producer at the National Women’s Theater Festival, overseeing more than 50 plays. Her previous directing credits include Beheading Columbus, The Bowels, Webster’s Bitch, and Timebomb (National Women’s Theater Festival), Almost, Maine (Texas State University), The Vagina Monologues (Queer Theater Texas), and Cabaret (Assistant Director, Texas State University).

Dedicated to activism and arts advocacy, Kaycee was the lead organizer for CMUDramaVotes24, a Carnegie Mellon initiative helping students register and make a plan to vote. In 2020, she produced virtual fundraiser cabarets supporting social justice initiatives benefiting organizations such as Georgia Stand Up, Black Lives Matter, the National Organization for Women, and Arts for Biden/Harris.

Kaycee holds a BFA in Acting from Texas State University, whose Theatre Program is ranked #25 globally by The Hollywood Reporter.