Kristen Mun-Van Noy
Kristen Mun-Van Noy was born and raised on the island of Oahu where she started her theatrical stage combat training. She has been training and working in the field of theatrical stage combat for almost 20 years and since 2012 she has been working as a fight choreographer and teacher in the city of Portland, OR. She owes her training to Dueling Arts International and her time as assistant fight choreographer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (09-10) with resident Fight Director U. Jonathan Toppo. She has received multiple Awards for Best Fight Choreography. Outside of Portland, she has worked at Utah Shakespeare Festival and Idaho Repertory Theatre.
Kristen is a member of Actors' Equity Association.
Recent Portland Center Stage Credits*
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will | Fight & Intimacy Director |
Choir Boy | Fight Coordinator |
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B | Stage Manager & Fight Coordinator |
the ripple, the wave that carried me home | Stage Manager |
August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean | Fight Choreographer |
The Great Leap | Stage Manager |
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Fight Director |
PROTOCOL: Episode 1 | Stage Manager |
Renaissance: Technically | Stage Manager |
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