Brian (Director/Choreographer) is a professional director, choreographer and writer, originally from the Chicago area and now based in Connecticut. Brian began his career as an actor, attending the Goodman School of Drama. He was also chosen as one of thirty to study at the Royal National Theatre in Great Britain under the tutelage of Sirs Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellan. As a director/choreographer his work has been seen in New York as well as across the U.S. He received the Golden Leaf Best Director Award for his production of “THE LION IN WINTER’ at the Dorset Theater Festival in Vermont; the Founder’s Award for Best Direction from the Riverside Stage Company in NYC (“CARRIN BEGINNING” – an Oppy Award Winner). He was nominated for Best Choreography by the Philadelphia Critics Circle for his production of “JACQUES BREL” at the Walnut Street Theater. As a writer, his plays “PARLOR GAMES”, “HEAD GAMES”, and “OUT OF GOLD” are published and licensed by Heuer Publishing (www.hitplays.com). His play “MARTINIS AND MIDNIGHT” was a part of the Lost Theatre Play Festival in London (getting a rave review from the London Times) as well as the Shelterbelt Theater in Omaha. His screenplay “HEAD GAMES” was recently selected to be a part of the Beverly Hills Film Festival. “HEAD GAMES” (as a play) was also a finalist for the Humana Prize at the Actor’s Theater of Louisville, at the American Globe Theater in NYC and was seen in last year’s Lost Theatre’s Festival. His adaptation of JM Barrie’s “PETER PAN” premiered at the Dorset Theatre Festival in Vermont, and “IT’S THE MISER” (an adaptation of the Moliere, set in the world of 1950’s black and white sitcom) has been seen at several Regional theaters throughout the country. Previously at the Summer Theatre of MeredithVillage Brian has directed and choreographed “CAROUSEL”, “BUDDY HOLLY”, “HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL”, “THE SOUND OF MUSIC”, “GREASE”, “FIDDLER” and “CHICAGO”. Other favorites include “WEST SIDE STORY”, “A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC”, “LES LIAISONS DANGERUSES” (Yale), and “INTO THE WOODS”. Some other theaters include Walnut Street, Radio City Music Hall, Dorset Theatre, Forestburgh Playhouse, two seasons at the New London Barn, Arundel Barn, Music Theatre of Connecticut, Boston Center for the Arts, and the Riverside Stage Co. For more info: www.brianfeehan.com.
