Kemuel DeMoville is an award-winning poet and playwright whose work has been produced internationally every year since 2005. Recently his work was performed in Winnipeg (Canada), Budapest (Hungary), and all across the United States. In addition to his script writing experience, has extensive experience in theatre facility management and teaching/curriculum development.
Kemuel is the recipient of both the Residents Prize for Playwriting, and the Hawaii Prize for Playwriting from Kumu Kahua Theatre. He is also the recipient of the 2017 Milken Prize for playwriting. In addition to this Kemuel is an Aurand Harris Fellow by designation of the Childrens Theatre Foundation of America. He has an MFA in playwriting from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and his MA in syncretic theatre is from Victoria University of Wellington in Aotearoa New Zealand. His work has been published by The Kenyon Review, Cirque, Spider Magazine, YouthPLAYS, Heuer Publishing, Sediments Literary-Arts Journal, Meow Meow Pow Pow, and is included in '222 MORE Comedy Monologue' an anthology from Smith and Kraus Publishers.
Kemuel also served as the Theatre Manager and Artistic Director of The Leeward Theatre, a 630-seat proscenium theatre located on the island of Oahu. As an arts administrator, Kemuel was responsible for managing the artistic content, negotiating contracts and grants, budgeting, staffing, volunteer management/development, and managing the theatre facility itself. Additionally, he has worked professionally as a publicity manager both in California, and Aotearoa New Zealand. Kemuel has been working in higher education - both as an instructor and administrator - since 2005.