Scott McKenna Campbell, Artistic Associate, Camp Will Director

Dr. Scott McKenna Campbell has designed, taught, and performed with Door Shakespeare since its 2017 season in roles including Feste (Twelfth Night) and Planchet (Three Musketeers). He enjoys an ongoing Actor-Manager role with the Ohio Shakespeare Festival where he has composed music and lyrics for multiple new works including their recent Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2022). More than 100 of his songs have appeared on professional stages across the country. Scott earned a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.Litt degree in Shakespeare & Performance through the American Shakespeare Center/Mary Baldwin University partnership, and an MA in Arts & Creative Enterprise Leadership through the Bolz Center in the Wisconsin School of Business. Offstage, he lectures at the UW-Madison in dramatic literature, theatre, and written composition. He is the principal songwriter for folk band The Rude Sea, and a performer/interpreter of traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, England and Scandinavia. Find him at ScottMcKennaCampbell.com