Dean Linnard

Coming Right At You, Internet!

The reviews are in! Here’s what the press had to say about my performance as Mercutio in Vermont Shakespeare Company’s production of “Romeo and Juliet”:

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“[T]he show brings out the bawdy humor of its source material and even adds some well-placed winks of its own. It also showcases some excellent physical comedy, especially from Dean Linnard as a giddily crude Mercutio.” Rachel Dunphy, Shelburne News

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“In addition to the leads, the large cast has several standouts. Kody Grassett, as Tybalt, is a fierce foil to Dean Linnard’s Mercutio. Linnard can fight, leap and bestow a bawdy gesture with glorious ease. His Queen Mab speech is hilarious, as he seems to fetch each new, improbable image out of the air to try it on Romeo.” Alex Brown, Seven Days

 

God Bless America, Internet!

 

 

I am currently in rehearsals for “Romeo and Juliet” with Vermont Shakespeare Company. I am playing Mercutio and we perform the first three weeks of August at Knight Point State Park in North Hero, the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, and at the Royall Tyler Theatre at the University of Vermont.

 

 

Tickets are available by clicking here.

 

 

Also, please watch our season promo video here!

 

 

 

Looking Good, Internet!

 

 

I recently completed my six month tour of TheatreworksUSA’s musical “The Lightning Thief”. We had over 130 performances in 25 states! It was a grand adventure. My sincere thanks to everyone involved.

 

 

Happy Mother’s Day, Internet!

 

 

I am very excited to announce that I will be playing Mercutio in Vermont Shakespeare Company’s production of “Romeo and Juliet” this summer. This will be my fourth consecutive summer season with Vermont Shakespeare Company and I couldn’t be more happy to be returning.

 

 

For more information please click here.

 

 

Mazel Tov, Internet!

 

 

Just wanted to send a big congratulations to the cast and crew of the original Off-Broadway production of “The Lightning Thief”, which was nominated today for the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical. I am honored to currently be touring this show around the country.

 

 

Nice to Meet You, Internet!

 

 

Greetings from Chicago. I am on the road with Theatreworks/USA’s musical “The Lightning Thief”. The show was directed by Nick Saldivar, our choreographer was Chloe Treat, our fight director was Turner Smith, and our music director was Rob Rokicki (also the show’s composer). For more information about the show and its creators, please click here.

 

 

Bienvenue, Internet!

 

 

I am writing to you from the road. I am currently on tour with Theatreworks/USA’s musical “The Lightning Thief”. I play an assortment of gods, monsters, and imposing authority figures including Hades, Poseidon, and a very angry cyclops. We will be visiting 23 states in the coming months! To see if we are visiting a town near you please click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good Fortune, Internet!

 

 

I am very excited to announce that I am currently in rehearsal for “The Lightning Thief”, a rock musical that will be touring through the country this year through Theatreworks/USA. The show is based on the novel by Rick Riordan (the first in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series), with a book by Joe Tracz and music and lyrics by the brilliant Rob Rokicki.

 

 

For more information about “The Lightning Thief” please click here.

 

 

 

A Very Happy Near Year, Internet!

 

 

Another year has come and gone. As we enter 2015, I just wanted to take a moment to reflect on the many wondrous dramatic adventures I have been privileged to be a part of in the past twelve months. My solo theater piece, Hamlet: A One Man Show was produced in two different states. I toured “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. I returned to Vermont Shakespeare Company for the third consecutive Summer. And I had the great fortune this Fall to collaborate with two fantastic international arts organizations: The Old Vic Theatre in London for a week of Classical Acting Masterclasses, and the Guggenheim Museum for Wang Jianwei’s multimedia art installation “Time Temple”.

 

 

I am so very grateful for all of these wonderful and diverse opportunities.

 

 

My love and thanks to Museum Hack, the Barrow Street Theatre, the TRUF, the Chain Theatre, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Central Works Theater, Vermont Shakespeare Company, the Last Days of Folly Festival, the Old Vic, and the Guggenheim Museum for being my artistic homes in 2014.

 

 

I look forward to the challenges and surprises of 2015.

 

 

 

Gobble Gobble, Internet!

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

 

I recently took part in an industry reading of a new play by Argia Coppola.

 

 

I am also once again teaching workshops for Broadway.com’s Broadway Classroom Series. Topics include “Broadway 101” and “Acting Shakespeare”. For more information on the workshops, please click here.