Kenneth R. Merckx, Jr.,
Resident Artist

AT A NOISE WITHIN:

2021-2022 Season: Fight Choreographer, Anna in the Tropics, Seven Guitars, Metamorphoses

Previous Seasons: Fight Choreographer, The Winter’s Tale, Frankenstein, Argonautika, Othello, Man of La Mancha; Fight Consultant, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

ELSEWHERE: Ken has choreographed fights and taught actors combat for film and television, theatres and universities all across the country. He is presently a faculty member at UC, Santa Barbara and Cal State, Fullerton. Ken is the resident fight choreographer the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theater Festival (Cleveland) and A Noise Within (Los Angeles). Mr. Merckx received his MFA, in acting, from University of Illinois and his BA, in theatre studies, from the University of Washington.

More about Ken in the Media:

“A Noise Within” Fight Choreographer Shares What It’s Like Using Physical Violence to Tell Stories, Pasadena Magazine