Brian McDonald

About Brian McDonald

BRIAN McDONALD is an award-winning actor and director who appeared in the National Tours of Miss Saigon and Forever Plaid. He has appeared on the stages of the Denver Center, Theatre Virginia, The Lyric Stage, La Mirada Performing Arts Center, Ensemble Theatre Company, Pasadena Playhouse, Rubicon Theatre Company, Thousand Oaks Performing Arts Center and the Ahmanson. Recent stage work includes Buyer and Cellar (Independent Award), A Tuna Christmas, The SantaLand Diaries, Man of La Mancha, Merrily We Roll Along, The Importance of Being Earnest and Edward II (LA Weekly Award). Brian served as the Associate Artistic Director, Director of Education and an Associate Producer at Rubicon Theatre Company for 15 years. He is the founder and program director of Rubicon\'s Summer Youth Performance Program. Brian\'s directing credits include Our Town, Little Women, Bye Bye Birdie, HONK, Babes in Arms, Once on This Island, Schoolhouse Rock, LIVE, Seussical the Musical, Footloose, Free to Be You and Me, Godspell, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Drowsy Chaperone, Urinetown, West Side Story, On The Town and In The Heights. For Rubicon, Brian directed A Tuna Christmas, Charles Dickens\' A Christmas Carol, The Sunset Limited, Bus Stop (5 Ovation nominations), MASTER HAROLD… and the boys (3 Ovation nominations), Hello! My Baby and A Rubicon Family Christmas. Recent directing works include The Thanksgiving Play, It\'s a Wonderful Life: A Love Radio Play, and Vincent. He received the Ventura Mayor’s Arts Award, multiple Indy and StageSceneLA awards, The Phi Delta Kappa Community Partnership Award, and an Honorary Service Award from the California State PTA two years in a row. In 2018, he was named Volunteer of the Year for the Ventura Unified School District. Brian has taught at Ventura College and offers private coaching in public speaking for lawyers, religious clergy, and business leaders. He is currently serving on the Ventura Cultural Affairs Commission, is an active Ovation voter, holds B.F.A. from Boston Conservatory, and is a member of the SAG, SDC, and AEA.

Experience

1. Artistic Associate and Director of Education and Outreach

   Ensemble Theatre Company

   Jun 2018 — Present · Santa Barbara, CA, US

Education

• Boston Conservatory of Music, Dance and Theatre

  B.F.A., Musical Theatre, Directing, Acting

  1988 — 1992

• Boston Conservatory at Berklee

  B.F.A., Musical Theatre

Skills

• Dialects
• Acting
• Film
• Video Production
• Playwriting
• Television
• Producing
• Physical Theatre
• Singing
• Directing
• Voice Acting
• Theatre
• Production Managment
• Dramaturgy
• Sketch Comedy
• Stage Management
• Vocal
• Stage Direction
• Improvisational Comedy
• Improvisation
• Costumes
• Arts Administration
• Performing Arts
• Shakespeare
• Classical
• Broadway
• Video
• Music
• Costume Design
• Stage Lighting
• Drama
• Voice Over
• Ballet
• Comedy
• Musical Theatre
• Teaching Acting
• Casting
• Contemporary Dance
• Film Production
• Dance