Kelly Eviston earned her M.F.A. in Acting at the University of Idaho and her B.F.A. from Northern KY University. She won the National Irene Ryan Scholarship audition at the Kennedy Center in 1990 putting her under development for ABC. She was on All My Children as Maria Monterey and Blaine Adams on One Life To Live. She has acted at the Flat Rock Playhouse, Mill Mountain Playhouse, CDA Summer Theater, Idaho Repertory Theater and numerous others. Most recently she has performed at the Kennedy Center for the NNPN/KC- MFA playwright's workshop. She is the Head of Acting at the University of Idaho and the Chair of Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 7.