Todd Bruse

Minnesota native with experience in San Francisco, Blue Lake, Los Angeles and Chicago. Currently living in Minneapolis with his family.

Moore Creative Talent
Stages Theater Company
Escalate Dance and Theatre Studio
Theater OR
The Dell' Arte Player's Company

Conservatory Studio Performing Arts Series - At Risk!
Best Show at MTN Studios multiple years – Captain Ringo Saturn's Space Party 2000
U.S. theatre representative performances at World Exposition 1986, Vancouver
LA Dramalogue Award for Ensemble Performance (1986) in Dell Arte Player's Company performance of, "The Road Not Taken: A Scartissue Mystery."
Starred Performances at Minnesota State One Act Play Contests back in the eager days of 1980, 1981, 1982

I have been at play in the theater since 1979, beginning professionally in 1985.
I collaborate, produce, direct and perform.
I have toured, been in bands, learned to film, videotape and edit, hung drywall, catered and worked in visual display at "the" most major high end retailer in North America.
I find creating entertainment for an audience most appealing and necessary in my life. I like to be with people who are focused on the creation of the agreed upon work, and will do what it takes to make it successful.
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Primary telephone: (952) 933-4203
Secondary telephone: (612) 760-4450
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After gradjiating from a high school up north, I majored in theater at Moorhead back when it was called a State University. Just shy of completing that degree I moved to San Francisco.

The Dell' Arte Player's Company - www.dellarte.com
Richard Seyd - www.seydways.com
Second City's ETC Improvisation Training Program - www.secondcity.com/news.php?id=983
Slings and Arrows - although not training per-se, this rentable television series is recommended viewing for those who have or wish to have a life in the theater.

Thus skipping the short cut to experience that having a degree allows, I have taken it upon myself to develop a serious depth and breadth of real world experience in the theater. I believe there is an advantage to hands on learning and hope to soon become an Artistic Director of a theater and its company.

73" tall
Plays ages:   30s   40s   50s  
Tall
Fit build
Caucasian

Actor

Dancer

Singer

Minnesotan
Chicago
Yiddish
Standard British English
Can Learn Quickly

Combat
Hand-to-Hand
Physical
Broadsword
Mask
multiple roles
Character Voice
Firearms
Improv
Theatre in the Round
Working with Children
character acting

Clowning
Comedy Situational
Comedy Sketch
Commedia dell'Arte
Improvisation
Naturalism
Shakespeare
Music Theater Broadway
Site Specific
Brecht
Contemporary
Childrens Theater
Perform as needed

Musical Theater
Basics

Whistling
Basic Guitar

Musical Theater
R & B
Pop
Rock n' Roll
Blues
Acapella
Hard Rock
Willing to Try Anything!

Management / Admin
Facilities
Artistic Director
Events Management
Company Manager
Production Manager
Associate Producer

Child Wrangler
Deck Electrician
Dresser
Flyman
Light Board Operator
Property Master
Sound Operator
Spotlight Operator
Stagehand
Makeup
Videographer
Lighting Technician
Painter
Video Multimedia Designer

Lights
Mask
Props
Scenic/Sets
Sound
Video
Makeup

Short Play
Collaborative
Sketch Comedy

Clowning
Commedia dell'Arte
Improvisation
Naturalism
Brecht
Pirandello