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“KWVS Exists” Festival Boosts Sense of Community

The KWVS Exists Festival was a really successful event tonight! Organizers say the festival “is driven by inclusivity, creativity, and community.” I had the opportunity to do a couple of readings in the Pepperdine amphitheater and audience response was good.

The alien-themed event was meant to play up the fact that KWVS is real, not science fiction.

A photo during my reading at KWVS Exists Festival

Here’s what organizers said they were hoping to do: We simply want to do two things: create a welcoming environment for students to express themselves and truly feel comfortable on campus, and to provide an outlet for the great talent that so many of our students are capable of sharing but rarely have the opportunity to display in one place.

In traditional KWVS fashion, the festival had plenty of food, record and ticket giveaways, games, and a social media photo op wall.

We were all encouraged to get rid of our egos and get weird on campus like never before.

Isabel Klein

Isabel Klein is an actress and writer from Portland—keepin’ it weird. She's in the Sunday Company at The Groundlings. Isabel trained at RADA in London. Her solo show, SHOWSTOPPER, sold out at the Gilded Balloon during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has performed at The Comedy Store and The Hollywood Improv. She holds a BFA from Pepperdine. She has more than a dozen film and video credits, including clinging to life as OD Girl #2 in On Call (Amazon Prime), and she’s also part of an upcoming project with Trey Parker and Matt Stone. An experienced stage actor, she's had lead roles in notable productions. Her commercial credits include Airheads, Dave & Buster’s, Sonic (the drive-thru, not the hedgehog), Ring, and Visa—so odds are you’ve skipped her on YouTube.