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