Brian Eckert
Latest News on Brian Eckert:
This Is A Front Adds Additional Performances of Award-Winning Fringe Hit MIKVAH GIRLS (Aug 18, 2024)
This Is a Front To Present HANDALA and MIKVAH GIRLS At Hollywood Fringe (May 13, 2024)
HANDALA: A CELEBRATION OF PALESTINE to Have World Premiere at The Hollywood Fringe Festival (May 11, 2024)
This Is A Front Adds Additional Performances of Award-Winning Fringe Hit MIKVAH GIRLS (Aug 18, 2024)
This Is a Front To Present HANDALA and MIKVAH GIRLS At Hollywood Fringe (May 13, 2024)
HANDALA: A CELEBRATION OF PALESTINE to Have World Premiere at The Hollywood Fringe Festival (May 11, 2024)
BIO
Brian Eckert is a director/adapter of plays and musicals invested in understanding systems, the how and why we relate to each other. He is the Artistic Director of This Is A Front, a theatre company envisioning a vibrant creative community that reshapes our understanding of our role in each other's lives.
Most recently in Los Angeles, he produced and directed two plays dissecting American icons - the Austrian play "Jackie" by Elfriede Jelinek and Lucas Hnath’s play "A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney." His work has additionally been shown at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in New York and Two River Theater.
Brian is a frequent associate to director Sarna Lapine and others, including the legendary Graciela Daniele and Ruben Santiago-Hudson. He has worked Off-Broadway and regionally at Ars Nova, Atlantic Theater Company, Classic Stage Company, New York City Center, and Pasadena Playhouse. BFA: NYU
News
This Is A Front Adds Additional Performances of Award-Winning Fringe Hit MIKVAH GIRLS
This Is A Front has announced two additional performances of the Fringe hit, 'Mikvah Girls.' Following their three wins during the Hollywood Fringe festival - the Fringe Award for Drama, Best of the Broadwater, and a finalist for an Off-Broadway run at the Soho Playhouse - This Is A Front is offering two final opportunities to see their production.
This Is A Front has announced two additional performances of the Fringe hit, 'Mikvah Girls.' Following their three wins during the Hollywood Fringe festival - the Fringe Award for Drama, Best of the Broadwater, and a finalist for an Off-Broadway run at the Soho Playhouse - This Is A Front is offering two final opportunities to see their production.
This Is a Front To Present HANDALA and MIKVAH GIRLS At Hollywood Fringe
Explore two world premiere plays by This Is a Front at the Hollywood Fringe. Journey from Palestine in a moving solo performance of HANDALA, to New Jersey's shores with the comedic MIKVAH GIRLS.
Explore two world premiere plays by This Is a Front at the Hollywood Fringe. Journey from Palestine in a moving solo performance of HANDALA, to New Jersey's shores with the comedic MIKVAH GIRLS.
HANDALA: A CELEBRATION OF PALESTINE to Have World Premiere at The Hollywood Fringe Festival
What happens when we dare to step into the life of the 'other' with an open heart that sings a song of our shared humanity? The 2024 Hollywood Fringe Scholarship recipient, Handala, a solo show performed by Myriam Ali-Ahmad, allows audiences a window to do just that.
What happens when we dare to step into the life of the 'other' with an open heart that sings a song of our shared humanity? The 2024 Hollywood Fringe Scholarship recipient, Handala, a solo show performed by Myriam Ali-Ahmad, allows audiences a window to do just that.
Caryl Churchill's SEVEN JEWISH CHILDREN Will Be Featured at 'Artists For Gaza: In Response'
This Is A Front, LA's newest theatre company dedicated to reshaping how we understand our role in each other's lives, announces bold programming within its first month of launch.
This Is A Front, LA's newest theatre company dedicated to reshaping how we understand our role in each other's lives, announces bold programming within its first month of launch.
JACKIE Comes to Hollywood Fringe This June
Brian Eckert and Everleigh Brenner will bring the rarely-performed play 'Jackie' about the American icon to Hollywood Fringe this June.
Brian Eckert and Everleigh Brenner will bring the rarely-performed play 'Jackie' about the American icon to Hollywood Fringe this June.
Review: A PUBLIC READING OF AN UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY ABOUT THE DEATH OF WALT DISNEY at Zephyr Theatre
Immersive 'stage reading' of Disney's account of his last days on earth is both frightening and hilarious.
Immersive 'stage reading' of Disney's account of his last days on earth is both frightening and hilarious.
Young LA Theatre Artists Produce A PUBLIC READING OF AN UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY ABOUT THE DEATH OF WALT DISNEY
Producers Brian Eckert and Sidne Phillips bring this new production of acclaimed playwright Lucas Hnath's play A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt Disney to the Zephyr Theatre this month.
Producers Brian Eckert and Sidne Phillips bring this new production of acclaimed playwright Lucas Hnath's play A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt Disney to the Zephyr Theatre this month.
NY Theater Artists Release New Podcast For Audio Plays, FAST RADIO BURST!
Invested in finding new ways to create theater during COVID-19 lockdown, playwright Jonathan O'Neill (University of Edinburgh) has formed 'Fast Radio Burst!,' a podcast for contemporary audio plays presented in classic form.
Invested in finding new ways to create theater during COVID-19 lockdown, playwright Jonathan O'Neill (University of Edinburgh) has formed 'Fast Radio Burst!,' a podcast for contemporary audio plays presented in classic form.
Photo Flash: Backstage With The Cast Of August Wilson's KING HEDLEY II At Two River Theater
Marking the halfway point in its commitment to present all 10 plays of August Wilson's American Century Cycle, Two River Theater's critically-acclaimed production of Wilson's drama King Hedley II, directed by Brandon J. Dirden, ended its extended run on December 16. Scroll down for photos of the all-access pass to the closing performance.
Marking the halfway point in its commitment to present all 10 plays of August Wilson's American Century Cycle, Two River Theater's critically-acclaimed production of Wilson's drama King Hedley II, directed by Brandon J. Dirden, ended its extended run on December 16. Scroll down for photos of the all-access pass to the closing performance.
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