Kimberly MacLean

Kimberly MacLean is an American actress born to David MacLean (a Scottish national) and Julie Etheredge. As a child she lived throughout Florida, Texas, Colorado, North Carolina, Japan, and Germany - attending Kubasaki High School in Okinawa and graduating from Hanau High School near Frankfurt Germany. Throughout her childhood she performed in local community and school plays, choirs, and even did a little bit of modeling. Kimberly attended San Francisco State University graduating with her B.A. in Theater (and just a few credits shy of a double major in Women's Studies). Kimberly began performing in local theaters and doing small film shorts, however, she fell in love with improvised theater and sketch. She is a founding member of Last Laugh SF, a troupe that combined both improv and sketch on film, making a name for itself locally and in festivals. Kimberly gained recognition for writing and starring in "Ho' Babies" a satirical commentary on the inappropriateness of dolls and costumes being marketed to little girls. In 2006, she became a mainstage player and teacher at San Francisco's BATS Improv, one of America's longest running improvisational theater groups. It was here that she was scooped up to be featured in the mockumentary pilot "The Council". Since 2010, Kimberly has served on the board and is a producer of the San Francisco Improv Festival. "All the Others Were Practice (2015)" is her first feature length film. During this time, Kimberly began teaching theatre and improvisation in local schools and eventually formed her own arts in education program, "The Super Dupers". Offered a full time teaching position, she earned her California Teaching Credential though she has alternated between full time teaching and independent contract work. Kimberly has become a well respected advocate and trainer for the use of theatrical and improvisational techniques in core curriculum, project based learning and social justice learning.