“For me, our job as artists is to serve the story, serve the director, and serve the fellow actors. And if you do that, by osmosis you’re serving yourself because you’ll get the best out of yourself.”
- David Oyeolow
CONTACT
BRETTBEZAD@GMAIL.COM
ABOUT
Brett Bezad is a Chicago-native actor with classical and contemporary training from acclaimed institutions such as South Coast Repertory, The Second City Chicago, and Circle in the Square Theatre School, working and studying alongside professionals in the industry such as Alan Langdon, Ron Liebman, Kathleen Chalfant, Dmitry Krymov, Taylor Kinney, Eamonn Walker, Steven Boyer, Graham Beckel, and Beth Henley. Brett holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Loyola Marymount University, a Masters in Communication Management from the University of Southern California, and an MFA in Acting from The New School. Bringing innovative techniques to each character he portrays as a result of his intensive training in voice, movement, dialects, and script analysis, Brett has taken the stage in powerful leading roles such as Moritz Steifel in Spring's Awakening, Cloten in Cymbeline, and various world premiers. He is currently pursuing roles on stage and screen and further pursuing opportunities in Communication Management and Development.
THEATER
NO BABY
Brandon
The New School/Peter J. Kuo
PROCEED TO HIGHLIGHTED ROUTE
Milo
The New School/India Marie Paul
SPRING'S AWAKENING
Moritz Steifel
The New School/Nicky Maggio
MUTT: LET'S TALK ABOUT RACE!
Billy/Mikey/Zach/Investigator
The New School/Peter J. Kuo
FADED: A CALYPSO
Dante
The New School/ Peter J. Kuo
CYMBELINE
Posthumus/Cloten
The New School/Andres Lopez Alicea
TWELFTH NIGHT
Antonio
The New School/Alexandru Mihail
THE LOVE COURSE
Mike
The New School/India Marie Paul
THE MESSAGE
Various
ACTA Theater/Abigail Pierce
PLAYWRIGHTS FEST SCR
Various
South Coast Repertory/Karen Hensel
CATCH-22
Colonial Cathcart
Loyola Marymount/Jim Holmes
THE CRUCIBLE
Danforth
Loyola Marymount/Neno Pervan
KRAPP'S LAST TAPE
Krapp
Loyola Marymount/Ron Marasco
WHAT WHERE
Bim
Loyola Marymount/Ron Marasco
LO FINDIGO VERDADERO
Celio/Albino
Spain's Ministry of Culture/Kevin Wetmore
WORKING
Ralph Werner
DUPAC Performing Arts Center/Krista Hansen
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
The Mad Hatter
Open Door Repertory/Gigi Hudson
OHIO IMPROMPTU
Reader
DUPAC Performing Arts Center/Deanna Foley
THAT TIME
Listener
DUPAC Performing Arts Center/Kim Van Tuyl
FILM/TV
CHICAGO FIRE
Co Star
NBC/Paul McCrane
WHITE PARTY
Lead
The New School/ Peter J. Kuo
THE FRIENDS I LIKE
Supporting
Loyola Marymount/Jacob Barth
INDISCRETIONS
Lead
Loyola Marymount/Shane Gustafson
DOSHA
Lead
Independent/Dylan Marko Bell
C/O KEELI (WEB SERIES)
Supporting
Independent/Gigi Hessamian
Training
THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA, MFA IN ACTING
Acting: Ron Leibman, Kathleen Chalfant, Peter Jay Fernandez, Cotter Smith, David Chambers, Dmitry Krymov, Karen Ludwig, Stephen Brown-Fried, Scott Whitehurst, Kathryn Rossetter
Voice and Speech: Alba Quezada (Linklater), Susan Cameron (NAS), Patricia Fletcher (Dialects)
Movement: Teva Bjerken, Cynthia Reynolds (Alexander), Shannon Stowe, Shelly Wyant (Mask), Thomas Schall (Stage Combat), Erica Fae (Grotowski), Jean Taylor (Clown)
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, BA IN THEATER ARTS
Beth Henley, Graham Beckel, Ron Marasco, Neno Pervan, Jim Holmes
CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE THEATRE SCHOOL
Alan Langdon, Jacqueline Jacobus, Ken Schatz, Sybil Lines, Kimberly Vaughn
SOUTH COAST REPERTORY, ACTING INTENSIVE
Karen Hensel, Hal Landon Jr., Joanne DeNaut CSA, Jill Newton CSA, Hisa Takakuwa
THE SECOND CITY, CHICAGO & THE SECOND CITY, HOLLYWOOD
Kate Duffy and Hilary Bauman
SCENE STUDY AND PRIVATE COACHING
John Rosenfield, Audrey Francis, Matthew Arkin