Director ⟩ Theatre

DARK PLAYS by Matei Visniec, Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles

SUBLIMITY by David Bridel, co-directed with Jeremy Aluma, The Clown School, Los Angeles / Sao Paulo First International Drama Festival

  • “A theatrical tour de force… A unique and magical experience.” Tiaraju Aronovich, Festival Director, Stanislavsky Institute, Sao Paulo

LUNATICS AND ACTORS by David Bridel, co-directed with Jeremy Aluma, Four Clowns at the Lyric Hyperion, Los Angeles

THE ILLUSION by Pierre Corneille, Open Fist, Los Angeles

  • Nominee, Best Production of 2009, LA Weekly Theatre Awards

THE HERETIC MYSTERIES by David Bridel, Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble

  • “Bridel is the real thing, one of the most inventive, scholarly, and vastly -– and we mean vastly — challenging voices on the current theatrical scene.” LA TIMES

I GELOSI by David Bridel, Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble

  • “Immensely ambitious and vastly entertaining…A vibrant period portrait of a seminal company whose innovations changed the course of theatrical history.” LA TIMES
  • “Writer-director David Bridel underpins his delightful comedy with historical events, making a vastly entertaining work richer and more relevant.” LA WEEKLY
  • “The sort of play we see all too rarely – smart, articulate, and full of engrossing historical details.” BACKSTAGE WEST

MEDEA by Euripides, California Repertory Company

  • “Bridel keeps his staging as stringent and evocative as a Universal horror film… contains the kind of emotional truthfulness guaranteed to give a genuine cathartic charge.” LA TIMES
  • “The most raw and, dare I say, romantic Medea I have ever seen… An unforgettable production.” LA WEEKLY

UNCLE VANYA, Franklin Stage Company, NY

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW by William Shakespeare, co-directed with Nick Cohen, Strange Fish Theatre, London, UK and European tour

THE MISANTHROPE by Moliere, Library Theatre, Tel Aviv

RHINOCEROS by Eugene Ionesco, Man in the Moon, London

  • “With this wonderful revival of Rhinoceros, director David Bridel successfully underlines Ionesco’s value and sheer entertaining power.” WHAT’S ON
  • “Full of witty significance.” TIME OUT