Dean Linnard

 

It’s Turkey Lurkey Time, Internet!

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Today I have a great many things to be thankful for. I am currently in rehearsals for the two-person musical “Thrill Me” at Luna Stage. I am playing Richard Loeb opposite the brilliant Joe Bigelow as Nathan Leopold. The show is directed by Luna Stage’s artistic director Cheryl Katz with musical direction by Andy Peterson. We open next week and run through December 20th. I am extremely proud of this show and hope y’all can come see it!

 

 

Tickets and more info can be found here.

 

 

 

Boo, Internet!

 

 

I am very excited to announce that I have been cast in “Thrill Me” at Luna Stage. “Thrill Me” is a two-person musical based on the infamous Leopold and Loeb murder in Chicago. Performances begin December 3rd and tickets are on sale now! For more information, please click here.

 

 

Guten Tag, Internet!

I recently completed my fourth season with Vermont Shakespeare Company. It was a complete joy to play Mercutio in their summer production of “Romeo and Juliet”.

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.