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Kevin McClatchy

Kevin McClatchy

Ohio State Artist Laureate; Associate Professor at The Ohio State University & Director of Shakespeare and Autism Project & Veterans Initiative; Actor

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Columbus, OH, USA
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Actor, Belonging, Communication, Education, Emotional Intelligence, Inspirational, Neurodiversity, Performing Arts, Personal Growth, Professors, Resilience, Social Activism, Storytelling, Veterans
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Kevin McClatchy Biography

Kevin McClatchy is an associate professor and the head of acting and directing in the Department of Theatre, Film and Media Arts at The Ohio State University (OSU). He is also the director of the groundbreaking OSU Shakespeare and Autism Project and the Shakespeare and Veterans Initiative. McClatchy was named the Ohio State Artist Laureate, beginning a year of traveling across Ohio to bring Shakespeare and Autism and his work with military veterans and family members – including his solo show Scrap Heap – to various communities.

McClatchy is one of only three artists worldwide who facilitate ongoing training, workshops, performances, and presentations in the Hunter Heartbeat Method, the system of Shakespeare drama games used in Shakespeare and Autism. Some events where he has been featured include: Worlds Together/World Shakespeare Conference at the Tanks at Tate Modern in London; TEDx Ohio State University: Precipice; National Council of Teachers of English; Brooklyn Academy of Music; UCLA; UIDP-29 Conference; University of Colorado; Royal Shakespeare Company; and Park Avenue Armory.

McClatchy has been a professional actor for more than 30 years. His theater credits have taken him to New York, Los Angeles, St. Louis, London, and Columbus, including originating the role of Prospero in Kelly Hunter's adaptation of "The Tempest" at the Royal Shakespeare Company. His film work includes "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Vile and Evil," "Old Man and the Gun," "On Sacred Ground," "Unstoppable," and "Love and Other Drugs." He has been seen on television in shows such as "Outsiders," "Gone," "NCIS," "ER," "That '70s Show," "X-Files," "The Practice," "Another World," "Guiding Light," and "One Life to Live."

McClatchy has an array of topics and methods with which to engage audiences from classrooms to boardrooms. In addition, he has distilled all his experiences into a motivational talk on resilience, longevity in the arts, and finding joy in saying yes to new and challenging opportunities. Through numerous unlikely rises — college athlete, professional actor, tenured professor, and internationally recognized teaching artist — McClatchy's personal journey of salvaging his artistry through serving others is not about achieving stardom (though he has graced a few magazine covers) but about achieving purpose.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 07/18/2025.

Kevin McClatchy Speaking Topics

  • Playing By Heart: The Shakespeare and Autism Project

    Kevin McClatchy, director of the Shakespeare and Autism Project, examines the project's unique collaboration of art and science, how the Hunter Heartbeat Method uses Shakespeare to engage autistic participants, and how the project's profound impact has transformed his own artistic and personal life.

    The rhythm of Shakespeare's language and his obsessive exploration of what it feels like to be fully alive and express that through language is at the heart of the Shakespeare and Autism Project. Combining a groundbreaking collaboration of art and science with an actor who salvages his artistic and personal purpose through empathy and service, Playing By Heart asks you to share in the transformative power of saying yes, showing up and choosing to care. An interactive presentation that connects mind and body, celebrates the power of storytelling and opens the gateway to the heart.

  • Disguise Fair Nature with Hard Favor'd Rage

    Is there a military-civilian divide in America? Do we have a heart-understanding of what we ask of our military service members? Is there genuine community in that which binds us -- in the face of vastly different life experiences?

    Through a personal narrative charting the development of his solo show Scrap Heap and his specialized Shakespeare/theater workshops, Kevin McClatchy asks the audience to consider the power of communalizing experiences, bearing witness to one another and leading with humor -- all in service of exploring what it means to have an all-volunteer military in the 21st century.

    During this interactive presentation, audiences/participants have the opportunity to explore the costs and the rewards of going to war -- and how the act of striving for that understanding can build community, empathy and communication.

  • Communication, Empathy and Ensemble: Theater Tools for Improving the Workplace

    The gateway to effective communication is active listening. The artistry of effective leadership is in divining what a particular individual might need in the moment and then crafting the opportunity for that individual to thrive.

    Be it a co-worker, an employee or an employer, every individual enters the workplace with a unique set of experiences, frames of reference and point of view about the world. To be an astute student of human behavior is to be an effective communicator. In the world of theater and acting, the key ingredients in effective performance are listening, empathy and trusting oneself in the moment.

    In this interactive presentation, audiences are given opportunities to explore the art of communication through rehearsal-room techniques that promote active listening, empathy and ensemble problem-solving. In this presentation, audiences are invited to investigate the benefits of play, improvisation and risk-taking — discovering their capacity for joyful exploration and rigorous focus in equal measure.

  • Playing By Heart: Finding Resilience, Longevity and Purpose in Saying Yes

    What does it genuinely mean to choose to care? What does it mean to genuinely show up? What are the transformative possibilities when we say yes in service of something outside of ourselves? What happens when we find a consistent connection of mind/body/spirit?

    Kevin McClatchy does not have a definitive answer to any of those questions. What he does have is a journey of finding his way, losing his way, and then finding his way once more through service, joy, and saying yes to people smarter than himself. From a college basketball career that was never supposed to happen to an acting career that came from nowhere to the most unlikely rise to arts engagement leader -- Kevin charts a course of resilience in the face of doubt, humor in the face of grinding failure, the support of one extraordinary woman, and his greatest achievement of all: being smart enough to listen to people who know better than he does. Along the way, Kevin interrogates what it truly means to be an artist and why the art of storytelling, the communalization of experiences, and the power of bearing witness are indispensable for a rich life.

Kevin McClatchy Videos

  • Kevin McClatchy | TEDxOhioStateUniversity
    Kevin McClatchy | TEDxOhioStateUniversity
    Playing by Heart: Shakespeare & Autism
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Kevin McClatchy is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Playing By Heart: The Shakespeare and Autism Project, Disguise Fair Nature with Hard Favor'd Rage, Communication, Empathy and Ensemble: Theater Tools for Improving the Workplace and Playing By Heart: Finding Resilience, Longevity and Purpose in Saying Yes. The estimated speaking fee range to book Kevin McClatchy for your event is $5,000 - $10,000. Kevin McClatchy generally travels from Columbus, OH, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Lane Gardner, Shalisa James, James Barnes, Dr. Michael Time and Kurt Muse. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Kevin McClatchy for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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