Theatre Arts Faculty
Lori Bartlett Koenig
Theatre Department Chair
Lori received her MFA in Directing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has directed in North Carolina, California, Tennessee, Virginia, Minnesota and now North Dakota. She has been a Theatre Educator for over 20 years, teaching and coaching all grade levels in Creative Dramatics, Theatre Arts, Acting, Directing and Stage Management. In addition, she has taught all levels of English Education and enjoys combining her love of literature into the theatre. She has been Teacher of the Year in Virginia, taught at the NC Governor’s Schools, and has served on various local and state-wide committees promoting English, Language Arts and the Theatre. She was the Company Manager for the North Carolina Theatre for Young People, and managed the Young Company for the Western Stage in Salinas, California. She was the Artistic Director for the Morristown Theatre Guild in Morristown Tennessee. She is new to the Fargo-Moorhead area and currently teaches at both MSUM and NDSU. She is married to Hardy Koenig and they have two children, Austin and Savannah.