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David Bridel (Playwright / Stage Director)
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Agent:
St John Donald
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David choreographed Academy Award Winner William Friedklin's production of ARIADNE AUF NAXOS at Los Angeles Opera in 2004, and joins Friedkin again for SALOME at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich Opera in 2006. David's stage directing credits include: THE DISPUTE/THE ISLAND OF SLAVES (UCLA), MEDEA (Cal Rep), IVANOV, NO-ONE KNOWS HOW (Off-Broadway), FORTINBRAS (Crossroads Theatre), A DOLL'S HOUSE, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (Actors Centre, New York), THE MISANTHROPE, THE MILL ON THE FLOSS, THE TOWER, AS YOU LIKE IT (Tel Aviv), ELECTRA, RHINOCEROS (London), THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Bloomsbury Theatre, London and European tour). David is co-Artistic Director of the Franklin Stage Company in upstate New York, which he co-founded in 1998. For the company he has directed and designed THE TEMPEST, UNCLE VANYA, THE HERETIC MYSTERIES (which he wrote), TWELFTH NIGHT, THE LESSON & THE CHAIRS, DOG IN THE MANGER, EURYDICE and HEDDA GABLER. His adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's THE LEGEND OF THE DEAD SOLDIER toured to Chicago and New York before playing two seasons at Franklin Stage. In 2005 he assists Lilian Groag on her production of LUCIE DE LAMMERMOOR at Glimmerglass Opera. David's other written plays include SHREDS & FANCIES, THE LAST GIRL (London New Play Festival), 100 YEARS OF ENCHANTMENT(Union Chapel), DEATH OF AN ACTRESS (Southwark Playhouse), and the clown shows OUR WORSER GENIUS and CLOWN CRAZY. In 2006 he premiers two new works which he will also direct: IL GELOSI (UCLA), and THE ACTORS REHEARSE THE STORY OF PAULA SALOMON (Shakespeare and Company). David is a Master Teacher in Acting. His work utilizes the principles of movement, mask and clown to develop the creative life of the actor. David has taught and directed at conservatories and training programs across America, Israel and Europe. He is currently Director of Movement for the MFA in Acting program at the University of Southern California. David also works with fellow master teachers Per Brahe and Felix Ivanov at Studio 5 in Brooklyn, researching and applying new methods of mask and movement training for the actor. |