Directing Portfolio

“Beautiful, brilliant revelatory … nothing short of mesmerizing. What else would you expect from a play written by Jean-Paul Sartre and directed by Marc Beaudin?” (No Exit)

“Beaudin’s beautifully understated direction makes this a must-see play.” (The Women of Lockerbie)

“Beaudin directs his cast to near perfection.” (Enchanted April)

“Marc Beaudin has directed another fine show here, again showing attention to detail and drawing strong performances out of his ensemble cast.” (Fear & Misery of the Third Reich)

“Beaudin’s musical score set is gorgeous and his direction outstanding.” (Amadeus)

Below are photos from a few of the nearly two dozen shows I’ve directed at 9 different venues, from 300-seat theatres to unfinished warehouses, art galleries and bars. (Click here for directing resume.)

My goal as a director is to collaboratively guide everyone involved with the production toward an authentic, unified and creative vision. As theatre artists, we dig deeply into the mysteries of human experience and emerge with more mysteries. Questions are more important than answers. And I believe we must develop ways of asking these questions with clarity, harmony, humor and great passion.

Please click any photo to view a slide show of larger images.

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Hundred Highways Tour #53, 54: U.S. 89 & Highway 540 to Pine Creek

The nice thing about having a blog that three people read, is that when I’m five months late on posting an installment, only three people notice. However, I just noticed that I never posted about the leg of the Hundred Highways Tour to the legendary Pine Creek Lodge.
Pine Creek is the first place I performed when first moving to Montana. I was asked to open for the band The Fossils, for which I wrote the poem “Fossils.” That began a great stretch of readings and performances, including the premiere of Remington Streamliner, the defunct poetry band that lasted about as long as poetry bands do.

More importantly, Pine Creek has a place in history as being home base, for a time, of the Montana Gang, a loose group of writers, musicians and actors that included Richard Brautigan, Thomas McGuane, Jim Harrison, Gatz Hjortsberg, Jeff Bridges, Jimmy Buffett and Guy de la Valdene.

I once spent the night in Cabin 2, where Brautigan lived while writing The Hawkline Monster. Sadly, those cabins are gone, destroyed by the person who owned this magical place between the great days of Ned and Dan and these new days of Chip and Jen. It’s fantastic that the new owners are doing much to make Pine Creek my favorite venue again.

The reading for Vagabond Song was great fun, great crowd and I had the best mac & cheese of my life. Really. Plus this happened:

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Acting Resume

Acting Credits:

No Winter’s Tale, by Gretchen Minton; Montana State University, “Gil”

Mary Page Marlow, by Tracy Letts; Blue Slipper Theatre, “Ray”

Oguta Island (film adaptation of The Tempest, set in Nigeria), by Nnamdi Kanaga; Montana InSite Theatre, “Master Prosper/Prospero”

Macbeth, by William Shakespeare; Shane Lalani Center for the Arts, “Banquo”

A Singular Kind of Guy, by David Ives; Caldera Theatre Company, “Mitch”

Sure Thing, by David Ives; Caldera Theatre Company, “Bill”

On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco, by Anton Chekhov; Blue Slipper Theatre, “Nyukhin”

Romeo & Juliet, by William Shakespeare; Shane Lalani Center for the Arts, “Lord Capulet”

Red, by John Logan; Blue Slipper Theatre, “Rothko”

Well, by Lisa Kron; Actors Theatre of Montana (featuring Margot Kidder), “Man”

The Baltimore Waltz, by Paula Vogel; The 303 Collective, “The Third Man”

Cabaret, by Kander/Ebb; Pit and Balcony Community Theatre, “Max”

Freewheelin’ in the Attic of Whim, by John Francis Bueche, The 303 Collective, “Frank”

Burn This, by Lanford Wilson; Something Blue Independent Theatre Co., “Pale”

Nice Shoes, by Marc Beaudin; Collective Artists Gallery & Exchange, “Man”

The Dirt Play, by Julian McFaul; HERE Gallery, NYC, “Thug”

Working, by Schwartz/Faso; Pit and Balcony Community Theatre, “Frank Decker” “Roberto Nunez”

Beau Jest, by James Sherman; Pit and Balcony Community Theatre, “Abe”

Crimes of the Heart, by Beth Henley; Pit and Balcony Community Theatre, “Doc”

The Lion in Winter, by James Goldman; Pit and Balcony Community Theatre, “Geoffrey”

Dream St., Over & Out, by Al Hellus; Collective Artists Gallery & Exchange, “The Poet”

100 Years of Pure Shit: A Centennial Aberration of Ubu Roi, by Alfred Jarry (adapted by John Francis Bueche et al.); Bedlam Theatre, “Ensemble”

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