Bruce Walsh (playwright)
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Bruce Walsh (born [when?]) is a contemporary American playwright and a prominent Philadelphia fringe artist. His works have received attention due to their unique brand of site-specific theater. In addition to theater, he is regular contributor to Metro[1] a free city paper in Philadelphia.
Career
[edit]His plays have been workshopped or produced by The Philadelphia Theatre Company, New Dramatists, 1812 Productions, Montgomery Theatre Project, Crescendo Theatre Company, Temple Theaters, Brat Productions, Alleyway Theatre, and Kaibutsu.[2] While attending Temple University's Theater Program, Bruce was a Bernard B. Jacobs Intern at New Dramatists in NYC and worked extensively as a Teaching Artist for The Philadelphia Young Playwrights Festival. After graduating from Temple in 2001, he joined the legendary Philly Fringe company, Brat Productions, working as a Dramaturg, Playwright and Director. In 2004 he co-founded Kaibutsu, a Philadelphia based guerrilla theater group, which has enjoyed praise from NPR, WRTI, The City Paper, Philadelphia Weekly, The Philadelphia Inquirer and many others for its unique brand of site-specific theater.
He has been nominated for an Independence Foundation Fellowship.
Plays
[edit]- Whiskey Neat (2009)
- Old Bill (2005)
- Northern Liberty (2005 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival)[3]
- The Guided Tour (2004[4] and 2006[5] Philadelphia Live Arts Festival) - A curious site-specific play on a tourist trolley—was presented in the 2004 and 2006 Live Arts Festivals. "Guided Tour DUI" is a rare experiment between the creators of the show and Project P, a collective of local film enthusiasts. With the help of the P's, the cast of "Guided" perform a reading of the show with a film adaptation of the tour route projected behind them—and sometimes on them. Performed at the Mum Puppet Theatre.[6]
- Dasein (2002 Philly Fringe Festival)
- The Wounded Body (2000 Philly Fringe Festival)
- Once (Co-written with Madi Distefano of Brat Productions, 2002)
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Philly.metro.us". Archived from the original on June 23, 2007. Retrieved June 22, 2007.
- ^ "怪物制作所 KAIBUTSU – the creative agency "怪物制作所/KAIBUTSU"".
- ^ "Livearts-fringe.org". Archived from the original on June 13, 2006.
- ^ "Livearts-fringe.org". Archived from the original on September 5, 2005.
- ^ "Livearts-fringe.org". Archived from the original on September 10, 2006.
- ^ "Mumpuppet.org".
- ^ Zinman, Toby. "Pretentious, violent look at valet parkers". www.inquirer.com. The Inquirer.
- ^ "Bruce Walsh's Whiskey Neat Premieres at Azuka Theatre | Stage | Arts and Culture | Philadelphia Weekly". Archived from the original on September 13, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Kaibutsu Theater Company web site.
- Philadelphia Live Arts Festival Interview[permanent dead link] - Co-creators of The Guided Tour, Bruce Walsh and Dan Scholnick talk about the 2006 production of the play.