Kevin D Collins, PhD, is a performer, writer, researcher deeply rooted in east Tennessee. He’s performed locally with Tennessee Stage Company, Foothills Players, Moving Theater, Tigre Lily Theater, Kings Players, 70/30 Creatives, Word Players, and Pellissippi State Theater. He’s a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist with the Peaceabilities folk band and does activist megapuppetry with the Catalystica Players as creative director.