Scarlett Kim
A polymath, Scarlett creates participatory experiences that reimagine liveness, embodiment, and agency—drawing upon theatre, XR, game and ritual. An international arts leader, Scarlett champions artists across sectors and disciplines, powered by subversive artistic vision and entrepreneurial strategy.
Currently: Scarlett is Co-Founder/Executive Creative Producer of Center for Unclassifiable Technologies & Experiences (C.U.T.E.); Interdisciplinary Fellow at Royal Shakespeare Company; Visiting Artist at Stanford Arts; and Co-Founder of Independent XR Distribution Coalition in partnership with MIT Open Doc Lab.
Recently: Scarlett co-founded/produced Worlds in Play (ASU MIX Center); produced the 10th anniversary edition of Live Arts Exchange [LAX] Festival (Los Angeles Performance Practice) with partners including REDCAT, MOCA, and LA Dance Project; collaborated with Chloé Zhao and Book of Shadows; and participated in the 2024 Disney Live Entertainment: Creative Intensive.
Previously, as Director of Innovation & Strategy of Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Scarlett led the transmedia department of the largest repertory theater in the US. Scarlett co-founded and served as Artistic Director of The Mortuary, performance laboratory for unclassifiable experiments. At CultureHub, global art and technology community founded by La MaMa and SeoulArts, Scarlett oversaw artistic programming of the LA studio.
Other highlights of Scarlett’s 10+ year journey as an artist and arts leader include collaborations with REDCAT, East West Players, Prague Quadrennial, Z Space, Korea Foundation, Creative Australia, Chilean National Council of Culture & Arts, Thomas Mann House/Goethe-Institut, and BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle.
Scarlett’s innovation leadership has been featured at cross-industry platforms including The Immersive Immersive (Keynote Speaker, 2023), LDI (Co-host, XLIVE), SXSW, SIGGRAPH, AWE, USITT, The Immersive Experience Institute.
MFA, Directing, CalArts. BA, Theatre & Performance Studies and Visual Arts, University of Chicago.