Bird House

KNF was founded in 2006 by Kelly R. Haydon, Katherine Heberling, and Tzipora Kaplan, three theatre artists with the shared objective: to develop and present plays that evoke the magic of everyday life. After years of working together as directors and theatre administrators, they began their producing partnership with the highly successful presentation of Remuda, a new comedy by William Donnelly, in the Midtown International Theatre Festival. In 2007, Off-Broadway’s The Directors Company commissioned the trio to premiere their own development series championing the work of indie theatre artists. This series, KNF: Theatre in the Rough, presented 12 new works-in-progress in varying stages of development. The festival supported early-career artists on a more professional level while relieving them of the burdens of producing. Most recently, they presented the World Premiere of the new musical Love, Incorporated by Marc Castle, directed by Igor Goldin, which wowed audiences in the Commercial Division of the Midtown International Theatre Festival, winning the festival’s best musical award.