Kevin Kling

Kevin Kling
Born	Osseo, Minnesota, United States
Nationality	American

Kevin Kling is an American storyteller and a commentator for National Public Radio.

Kling grew up in Osseo, Minnesota, and graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1979 with a B. A. in theatre. He began his career in the Twin Cities during the 1990s with his plays 21A and Fear and Loving in Minneapolis. His one-man show Home and Away premiered at the Seattle Repertory Theatre and then moved to Second Stage Theatre (NYC) under the direction of David Esbjornson, also a Gustavus Adolphus alumnus. Kling and Minneapolis-based accordionist and singer Simone Perrin have collaborated on two works, How? How? Why? Why? and Breakin' Hearts and Takin' Names.

In 1993, Kling won the Whiting Award for drama. In 2009 he won the A. P. Anderson Award for Outstanding Contributions to Literature and the Arts in Minnesota.

Kling has also made regular storytelling contributions to NPR’s All Things Considered. He has released several CD collections, including a boxed set, Collected Stories, and a book of short stories, The Dog Says How.

Kling has not been slowed in his work by a birth defect that shriveled his left arm and a motorcycle accident that completely paralyzed his right arm.

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