Brian Kite has directed live theater across the United States and abroad and is currently a Professor and the Interim Dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. He served as producing artistic director of La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts from 2008-2015 and directed many productions for the theater, co-produced by McCoy Rigby Entertainment, including their critically acclaimed productions of "American Idiot", "Billy Elliot", "Les Misérables", "Miss Saigon", "Little Shop of Horrors", "Dinner with Friends".