Jeffrey Bracco
Jeffrey Bracco has worked as a director, actor, playwright and teacher in the United States and Europe. He earned his MFA from the University of Texas at Austin, trained at the Jacques Lecoq International School of Theatre in Paris, France. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and was Valedictorian of his class at Â鶹ŮÀÉ. He regularly directs in the San Francisco Bay Area.
He currently serves on the Advisory Council for SCU's Center for Arts and Humanities and is the Musical Theatre Minor program director.
Select Scholarship Credits
Directing
Head Over Heels – City Lights Theater Company
Green Day’s American Idiot – City Lights Theater Company
Nine – City Lights Theater Company
Bay Area Theatre Critics nomination for Best Director
Bonheur au Bar du Coin by Patrice Scanu, World Premiere – Paris, France
Acting
Thomas in Nora: A Doll’s House - City Lights Theater Company, San Jose, CA (right)
Astrov in Uncle Vanya - Pear Theatre, San Jose, CA
Created the role of Scot Hamilton in À la Galerie – World Premiere, directed by Philippe Rondest of the Comédie Française, Paris
His Film and TV roles include From Paris With Love and the French series Hard.
Playwriting
We Are the Futurists, 21st Annual New Works Festival winner, Long Beach Playhouse
ShakesPod, Willing Suspension Theatre - Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Publications
"," contributed article, written with David J. Popalisky. Theatre Topics, Vol. 26, No. 3, November 2016.
Stage Directing
Shakespeare's Plays in Performance
Broadway!
Musical Theatre Production Workshop
Improv
Acting for All
Acting Shakespeare
Acting in Musical Theatre
Introduction to Performance Collaboration
Mainstage Production Director
Senior Directing Project advisor
