BILL BREUER
Canada and USA
Playwright - Director - Actor

Producing Artistic Director: Bullitt County Theatre Company
Playwright in Residence

WHO DONE IN THE DON? Dinner Murder Mystery. The Don and Head Agent. (2009) Playwright, Director. Bullitt County Theatre Company.
THE FAERY'S KISS - Robin Goodfellow, St. Croix Theatre Company, St. Stephen, NB, Canada;July 2009. Director
All THE CHOCOLATE IN THE WORLD!- Playwright - Educational production for Ganong Museum
FRANKENSTEIN. (2009) Bullitt County Theatre Company - Producer/Artistic Director
Bullitt 100 Proof Improve Troupe Show (May, 2009)Director
THE FAERY'S KISS (April, 2009) (Director) Bullitt County Theatre Co. World Premiere
THE ART OF MURDER (2008) Lead Role Bullitt County Theatre Company
BELL, BOOK & CANDLE (2008) StageEast, ME Director
SORDID LIVES (2008) Louisville Repertory Company Director
DINNER MURDER MYSTERY Detective Marlow Huzzah Productions
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL John A. Lomax (principal) @ Actors Theatre of Louisville
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK StageEast, ME Director
HITLER: THE STRUGGLING ARTIST Adolf Hitler Original Sight & Sound’s Play Festival
COMEDY HYPNOSIS SHOW Professor i-magination -Tour
CASE OF DR. JECKYL & MR. HYDE Fr. Daniel Director
LIVE! WITHOUT A NET -Rudyard Kipling Emcee Original Sight & Sound
KITCHEN GARDEN- Juneteeth Legacy - Riggett (principal) @ Actors Theatre of Louisville
SAME TIME NEXT YEAR Co-Director George (principal) (Canada)
HISTORY OF THE DEVIL Callimachus, MacReady, Keipenhauer Assistant Director
SHERLOCK’S MENTOR Dr. Joseph Bell - lead. Tours
NO COURAGE Fr. Brucey
YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU Mr. De Pinna
DIRECTIONS TO VENUS Buck (Guest Actor)
BELLARMINE IMPROV (Guest Performer)
WINTERFEST- MEDIEVAL STYLE King Arthur (principal) (Festival of Lights)
KING ARTHUR’S COURT (Camelot) King Arthur (principal) (outdoor theatre)
IS ANYONE OUT THERE? Dr. Bill - Space Scientist (principal)
THE CANDID STUFF Chief Astronaut/Narrator (principal) (21 year run)
VON BRAUN Werner Von Braun (principal) Director
STAR WARES Flight Training Astronaut. (principal) 3 years Tour
SPACEPORT Chief Flight Astronaut (principal) 5 years Tour
APOLLO XIII - Humankind's Greatest Adventure - Narrator (1979-81)
MEETING OF MINDS - Star Trek/S.T.R.A.K. IUS Spock, Dir: Lee Staton. (1977)


Also: NIGHT OF JANUARY 16th • CARNIVAL • ANDROCLES & THE LION - NYC H.S. Drama Festival Kenneth Goldsberry & NYC Troup - • THE TELL TALE HEART • GREAT EXPECTATIONS – Pip.

TV / VIDEO / RADIO / VOICEOVERS/ CINEMA:
• NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - “Is It Real?” • Ad: Louisville Zoo. • Video Commercial, NGH • TV Commercial - Louisville Dinner Theatre • Educational Videos • TV & Radio -scientific interview shows. (City-Scape CATV, PBS, NPR & local TV) • SENATORS IN SPACE - Comedy animation- performed all 4 voices on Soundtrack. • THE FOURTH HYPNOTHESIS-Scientific Educational Show -Narrator of Soundtrack • STEVE ALLEN TV Show -Age 5

MOVIES: • ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE. -Civil War Irish Jesuit Priest – Head of College -docu- drama. John Coulter, Prod/Director • PLANT A SEED - District Attorney- S. Fishback, Prod

DIALECTS & VOICES: French, German, Multiple American (Most regions), various British (Irish, Scottish, etc.), Italian, Greek, Spanish, Russian/Slavic, and numerous regional & ethnic types worldwide. VOCAL: Baritone – especially voices & accents: ex. Cabaret, Camelot, On A Clear Day, South Pacific

SPECIAL SKILLS: • Magic/illusion (Stage and Close-up) • Stage Hypnosis, • personal special effects, makeup and technical effects• Proficient in Teleprompter and Earpromptor. • Improv, mime, body movement. •Accurately handle scientific, medical and technical equipment. • Photography • Horseback riding, • Drums. • Ham Radio, Astronomy. • Safety/Health/medical consultant for Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville Ballet and other theatrical, dance and touring companies. •Stage Fight Choreography Instructor/combat choreographer: A.S.A.R: Medieval Sword Combat (especially Broadsword).

PLAYWRITING: © Bill Breuer
· The Inn of LaRouse / Inn at the Edge of The Forest
· Between the Acts / Charon Drops
· Von Braun (One Person Biography)
· Star WarEs (educational Space Technology Show)
· Spaceport
· The 4th Hypothesis
· Hitler - The Struggling Artist
· Winerfest at King Arthur's Court (Outdoor Theatre Gala Event)
· The Reunion
· The Candid Stuff
. The Art of Murder - Dinner Murder Mystery
· The Faery's Kiss
· The Days of King Arthur (Not released) scheduled for release/production 2010-11
· Frankenstein (co-author) scheduled for production 2009
. Who Dunnit to the Don? - Dinner Murder Mystery
· The Birth of Merlin – The Child Hath Met His Father - (Modern Adaptation)
· All the Chocolate in the World - (written for Ganong Chocolate Museum)
· Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Adaptation Production: December 2009


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Business/ Management Consultant: Theatre Companies in USA and Canada.
- THEATRE MANAGEMENT:
HR, Marketing and Public Relations, Operations,Budgeting, Fundraising, Copywriting and Media, Public Presentations/ Outreach Spokesperson.
.Producing Artistic Director - Bullitt County Theatre Company · Board of Directors to the Bullitt County Arts Council and Producing Artistic Director for Bullitt County Theatre Company (Pro-Am non-profit org).
· Assistant to the Producer for Juneteenth Legacy Theatre (A New York Company) (2006 & 2007)
· Assistant to Producer/Director for Original Sight and Sound Company.

Additional Theatrical Skills

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• Vitals: Height/Weight: 137 Lbs., 5' 9
• Wide range of Voices, Dialects/Accents: Numerous! Especially French, German, Multiple American (Most regions), various British (Irish, Scottish, etc.), Italian, Greek, Spanish, Russian/Slavic and many ethnic. (Note: SINGING is performed with various dialects and voices (see next section). Character song and dance such as Willkommen/Cabaret - Emcee.
• NUMEROUS CHARACTERS & VOICES: Eccentrics, Old Geezers, Pirates, Doctors & Academics, Medieval Personas, Hillbilly, Western, 'Mafia' & Gangster types, Villains, Frenchmen, New Yorkers: Bronx, Old Manhattan, Brooklyn,
• SINGING STYLE: with various voices and accents, 'talk-sing' as in Cabaret, Camelot, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever.
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• Health/medical,safety & stage fight consultant for Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville Ballet, Derby Dinner Playhouse, Pleiades Theatre and other theatrical and dance companies, including touring companies for over 25 years.
• ADDITIONAL SKILLS:Teleprompter, earprompter, improvisation. Magic/Illusion (Stage and Close-up) & Stage Hypnosis. Production Coordinator, Stage Management & AD. Prop Creation & Manufacture, Technical, electronic, illusion and stage magic background, can provide personal special effects, puppetry, makeup, and technical effects. Prop construction & creation. Strong in improv, mime, physical comedy, body movement & characterizations. Accurately handle scientific, medical and technical equipment and use Medical, Scientific and Technical jargon.. Horseback riding, DJ work, play most types of drums - including Bodhran (Irish Drum). Interests: Ham Radio, Astronomy, graphology/caligraphy, Electronics, Medical arts & sciences.
• OTHER USEFUL SKILLS & INTERESTS: Public Relations and outreach, Community Education, Promotions and Marketing. Research/Dramaturg. Creating good 'Theatre on a shoestring budget'. Consultant & Production. Casting Director. 'Though I've done a few movies, at this time I prefer the continual challenge of the stageplay.... the full arc of the character, the variables of interpretation and performance and the challenge of live audiences.' ***Development of Theatrical Groups into Pro/Pro-Am Companies using the company actors and creating outreach programs.***
• Early Formal Training: (1962-64) Kenneth Goldsberry, NYC, Numerous classes/workshops: The
• Member: THEATRE ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE, Sight and Sound Productions,Juneteenth Legacy Theatre, Stage East.
• Producing Artistic Director: Bullitt County Theatre Company, KY

Links!

Photo pages of Shows Past
Headshots for Agents, Directors, Producers
Plays written by the author
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SFX ! Special Effects & Stage Magic Illusion
Acting Instruction - Expressive Performance Anthropology
What is a Pro-Am Community Theatre?
Why go to a Live Performance?
Are the Arts Necessary? Who Needs Them?
Some Notes on Directing
Mini-Essays on Acting and the Craft. Lots of Info Here!
Notes on Comedy - Why IS something Funny?
Learning Lines : Just HOW do stage actors do it?
-- Essential Elements to the Process and People Factors that can sabotage it!
Theatre Superstitions
New! Tongue Twisters for vocal exercises.
Don't Let Negativity Hurt Your Theatre!
How to be a Good Guest Director - the Etiquette
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Info on the full-length play: The Faery's Kiss / The Fairy's Kiss
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Bullitt County Theatre Company
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Contact Email (Click here)