Paul Kampf is the Artistic Director of Breadline Productions and Acting Teacher for PAI Training

Paul is a founding member and Artistic Director of Breadline Productions (formerly Breadline Theatre Group), where he has overseen Breadline’s growth from its first production in 1993. Paul has appeared in over twenty productions and has written or co-written fifteen plays, including American Gothic, which received a Joseph Jefferson nomination for Best New Work, and which he later adapted for the screen and directed (re-titled Brothers Three: An American Gothic), starring Patrick Wilson, Neal McDonough, Scott Michael Campbell, Melora Walters & John Heard. He has written, co-written or developed ten screenplays. Paul is a fervent believer in actor training and has developed the Performing Arts Institute, where he has been teaching ongoing and private classes for 17 years. He just finished the feature film From Grace, and two shorts films – all featuring professional actors from within the training program. Paul holds an M.F.A. in Acting from Illinois State University and a B.F.A. in Acting/Directing from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. In 1993, he was one of five American playwrights invited to London’s famed Royal Court Theatre, where he worked with some of the most influential theater artists from around the world.