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Brian McEleney

Professor of the Practice, Head of Acting

Biography

Brian McEleney (Head of Acting) is a longtime member of Trinity Rep’s resident acting company, where his roles have included King Lear; Richard II; Richard III; Cassius; Malvolio; Prior Walter, Angels in America; Dr. Larch, The Cider House Rules; George, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Jamie Tyrone, Long Day’s Journey Into Night; and Mozart, Amadeus. A Trinity Rep Associate Director, he has directed over 20 Trinity Rep productions, including Death of a SalesmanTo Kill a MockingbirdBlues for Mister Charlie, The Grapes of Wrath, House and Garden, Absurd Person Singular, The Crucible, Twelfth Night, A Raisin in the Sun, All the King’s Men, Measure for Measure, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Our Town, and Hamlet (Elliot Norton Award). A graduate of Trinity College and the Yale School of Drama, he was a member of the faculty at Princeton University from 1982–90. In addition to his work at Trinity Rep he has acted in productions in various New York theaters such as Theatre for the New City and St. Clement’s Theatre. He has been a member of the Robert Lewis Acting Company and the Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble, where he is Director of the Theatre Program.