Kyle Donnelly is a director. As a resident of Chicago, she has directed many productions there including: The Rover  at the Goodman Theatre, Pygmalion and The Paradise Hotel at the Court Theatre, Free Advice from Prague, Quilters, the Telbele and Her Demon, at Northlight Theatre, The Rainmaker at Pegasus Players,The Threepenny Opera, and Ourselves Alone at Bailiwick Repertory. Additionally she staged The Baltimore Waltz at the Studio Theatre. She has worked at Lincoln Center Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Huntington Theatre Company, and Alabama Shakespeare Festival. She is founder and former teacher of the Actors' Center and was the winner of the 1989 Alan Schneider Award, presented by Theatre Communications Group.