Brandon Bruce

stage director, actor, playwright, educator

Acting

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THEATRE 

Man of La Mancha Sancho SimonFest – dir. Brandon Burk
The Merchant of Venice Graziano Richmond Shakespeare – dir. Jan Powell
King Lear Oswald Richmond Shakespeare – dir. Jan Powell
The School for Lies Oronte Park Square Theatre – dir. Amy Rummenie
A Strange and Separate People Jay Minnesota Jewish Theatre – dir. Kurt Schweickhardt
The Beacon from Belle Isle Keeper Freshwater Theatre – dir. Jamil Jude
What the Butler Saw Sgt. Match Iowa Summer Rep – dir. Eric Forsythe
Dead Man’s Cell Phone Dwight Iowa Summer Rep – dir. Eric Forsythe
Wonder of the World Kip Iowa Summer Rep – dir. Eric Forsythe
Much Ado About Nothing Dogberry Signal Ensemble Theatre – dir. Ronan Marra
Closer Larry Signal Ensemble Theatre – dir. Ronan Marra
Atlas of Mud Marcus/Bird Keeper Working Group Theatre – dir. Sean Lewis
Pretty Things Jack WNEP Theater – dir. Patrick Jacobi
Revenge of the Space Pandas George Topax WNEP Theater – dir. Bob Wilson
Lives of the Monster Dogs Ludwig WNEP Theater – dir. Seth Fisher
Mad Forest Gabriel Breadline Theatre – dir. Paul Kampf
The Memorandum Stroll Stage Left Theatre – dir. Kevin Heckman
Macbeth Macbeth Expanded Arts (NYC) – dir. Phil Kasper
Hamlet Hamlet Porthouse Theatre – dir. Allan Byrne
Macbeth Porter/Witch Porthouse Theatre – dir. Allan Byrne
Man of La Mancha Juan Porthouse Theatre – dir. Terry Burgler
Twelfth Night Valentine Porthouse Theatre – dir. Terry Burgler
Laughter on the 23rd Floor Milt Beck Center – dir. Carol Dunne
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Proteus Weathervane Playhouse – dir. Nancy Cates
A Man for All Seasons Richard Rich Weathervane Playhouse – dir. Nancy Cates
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Lysander Cleveland Shakespeare Festival – dir. Brian Zoldessy
Henry V Dauphin Cleveland Shakespeare Festival – dir. Tim Perfect
Alice in Wonderland White Rabbit Cleveland Play House – dir. Eric Schmiedl
The Emperor’s Nightingale Emperor Cleveland Play House – dir. Sarah May
The Vampire Ariel Yale Summer Cabaret – dir. Lisa Channer
New York Underground Beatnik Yale Summer Cabaret – dir. David Kennedy

EDUCATION

MFA in Directing from University of Iowa (Iowa Arts Directing Fellowship)
BFA in Acting from Kent State University (Cowperthwaite Acting Scholarship)

TRAINING

Great Lakes Michael Chekhov Consortium (Modules 1 & 2) – Instructors Lionel Walsh, Catherine Albers, James Haffner, Melissa Owens
Fight Directors Canada (Certified Actor/Combatant) – Instructors Jean-François Gagnon, Laryssa Yanchak, Paul Gélineau, Daniel Levinson
Suzuki Movement Training (two years experience) – Instructor Allan Byrne
Grotowski Acting Training – Instructor Eric Forsythe

SPECIAL SKILLS

Fight Choreography, Educator (Assistant Professor of Theatre at Utah Tech), playwriting, devising, broadsword, rapier/dagger, small sword, bullwhip, sound design, fundraising, beginning piano, puppetry, cricket noise, tauntaun impersonation

Dialects

Boston, Chicago, English (RP & Estuary), Australian, Southern USA (Appalachian, TN, AL, TX)

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