Bruce Randolph Nelson

“Give, give, give – what is the point of having experience, knowledge, or talent if you don’t give it away? Of having stories if you don’t tell them to others?”

– Isabel Allende

Biography

[EVERYMAN THEATRE]: (Resident Company Member): Sense and Sensibility, The Skin of Our Teeth, An Almost Holy Picture, Murder on the Orient Express, Proof, Everything Is Wonderful, The Importance of Being Earnest, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Book of Joseph, M. Butterfly, Noises Off, Great Expectations, Wait Until Dark, Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, Blithe Spirit, Ghosts, Ruined, Deathtrap, The Dresser, Red (Baltimore Magazine’s Best Actor), The Beaux’ Stratagem, August: Osage County, You Can’t Take it With You, Private Lives, Shipwrecked! (Best Actor City Paper), I Am My Own Wife, The Pavilion (Best Actor City Paper), Irma Vep. [REGIONAL]: Center Stage: Amadeus (Antonio Salieri), Animal Crackers (Groucho), The Final Strange Tale of Edgar Allen Poe (Poe), Vanya, Sonya, Masha and Spike (Vanya). Rep Stage: The Goat (Martin), Hysteria (Dali), The Violet Hour (Gidger/Helen Hayes Award), The Dazzle (Langley/Helen Hayes Award), Irma Vep (Enid/Helen Hayes Nomination), Faith Healer (Teddy/Helen Hayes Nomination); Folger Theatre: The Comedy of Errors (Antipholus of Ephesus), She Stoops to Conquer (Tony); Olney Theatre Center: Farragut North (Paul), The Underpants (Cohen), The Elephant Man (John Merrick), Prelude to a Kiss (Paul); Woolly Mammoth Theatre (Alumni Company Member): Several roles including: Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Dwight/ Originated Role), Fuddy Meers (Limping Man/Helen Hayes Nomination); The Shakespeare Theatre: The Taming of the Shrew (Tranio); Signature Theatre: Never the Sinner (White), Over and Over (Ensemble/Kander and Ebb new musical) [NATIONAL TOURS]: National Players Tours 40, 41, and 42: Animal Farm, Nicholas Nickleby, Much Ado, Taming of the Shrew, Midsummer, The Elephant Man. [TEACHING]: Howard Community College, Everyman Theatre, Stevenson University, University of Baltimore, Rep Stage, Arena Stage, Project Access, Private coaching and mentoring, All County Improv. [EDUCATION]: Towson University: Recipient of Theatre Humanitarian Award, Esteemed Alumni Award.