Birth Place: Chicago
BRIAN FEEHAN - (professional director/choreographer/writer)attended the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago, received a degree from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, and was one of 30 chosen to study at the Royal National Theater of Great Britain. Some plays directed include "THE LION IN WINTER" (Best Director - Dorset Theater Festival), PETER PAN" (original adaptation from the Barrie play - "the most intriguing and exciting production of the DTF season"), "THE 39 STEPS (Farmer's Alley Theatre - nominated Best Professional Production), "LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES" (Yale), "OLEANNA", "NOISES OFF", "ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (off-Broadway), "MOON OVER BUFFALO", "TAMING OF THE SHREW", "LEND ME A TENOR", and "STAGE DOOR". Some musicals include: "JACQUES BREL" (at the Walnut Street Theater - nominated for Best Choreography),"THE FANTASTICKS (Ivoryton Playhouse),"A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC", "WEST SIDE STORY", "A FUNNY THING…", "ANNIE WARBUCKS", "THE MUSIC MAN", "NUNSENSE", (voted audience favorite - Dorset), "CHICAGO", "CABARET", "BYE BYE BIRDIE", and "JOSEPH/DREAMCOAT". Also, the New York premieres of "WHERE DID VINCENT VAN GOGH?" starring Emmy Award winner Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson), "CARRIN BEGINNING", "AMPERSAND" (Newsday Oppy Award nomination), "WATCHING MY HAIR GROW", "MEDEA'S NURSE" starring Academy Award winner Kim Stanley, and his own adaptation of "THE MISER" (Westside Rep) and Associate Director with Patricia Birch on "ORPHAN TRAIN".
Regionally: three seasons at the Dorset Theater Festival, The Walnut Street Theater, Ivoryton Playhouse, Forestburgh Playhouse, Yale, three seasons at the Summer Theater of Meredith, Interlakes Theater, three seasons at New London Barn Playhouse), Little Theater in the Square, Farmer's Alley Theater, The Glove Theater, five years as Artistic Director of the Riverside Stage Company, Music Theater of Connecticut, and Boston Center for the Arts. Many Business Theater productions (Audi, Canon, Revco, Whirlpool). As a writer/adaptor his works has been performed regionally including: "PETER PAN", "IT'S THE MISER', "SCENE OF THE CRIME", "HEAD GAMES", "EVOLUTION", "OUT OF GOLD" and "PARLOR GAMES". Several plays are published and licensed by Heuer Publishing.
For more informaiton: www.brianfeehan.com.
Videos