Oleg Braude has over 20 years of experience in various roles in the theatre industry including directing, producing, playwriting, administration, and design. He has a bachelor's degree from SUNY Stony Brook and training in Stanislavski and Chekhov methods of acting. His experience includes freelance theatre work in New York, work and leadership roles at La Mama ETC and other theaters, and theatre education work in Kiev, Ukraine.

1. Oleg Braude
4409 Atlantic Avenue, 2nd
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Brooklyn, New York 11224 olegbraude@yahoo.com
SUMMARY:
Over twenty years of creative, technical and managerial professional theatre experience,
including as a director, producer, playwright, administrator, lighting, sound and set designer
and technician. Four years of training in the Stanislavski method. Extensive study of Michael
Chekhov system of acting. Six years of experience in theatre education.
EXPERIENCE:
Freelancer, New York, New York 1998 – present
• Produce and direct plays. Representative recent works: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a
farce based on the adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by W. Shakespeare; Yashka, a
musical inspired by the songs of Al Douglas; The Shadow, a multi-art theatre experience
based on a play by a famous Russian author Yevgeny Schwartz.
• Worked as Assistant Director for The American Opera Musical Theatre Co. for the
production of La Molinara directed by George Guelovani of The Moscow Bolshoi Opera
Theatre.
• Work as a teaching artist. Representative works: teaching at QIIQ Productions designed to
educate youth and support emerging artists as they honor their American culture as well as the
ancestral heritage within the Native American, African and Latino Diaspora.
• Perform lighting and set design for off-off and off-Broadway and educational theatre
productions. Representative works: The Ugly Duckling, a production of the Brighton Ballet
Company at Tribeca Art Center; I Stand Before You Naked, a theatrical collage based on the
play by Carol Oates produced by WET (Women’s Expressive Theater, Inc) at the Harold
Clurman Theater; Terrotica, an original show created by NaCL Theater at the Ohio Theater.
• Act as a liaison between production companies and various theatre artists.
La Mama E.T.C., New York, New York
Member of La Mama Family 1998 – 2003 and 2008
• Directed and co-produced theatre productions. Representative works: Morning, Afternoon
and Good Night, series of one-act conversationally driven drama classics based on writings of
M. Locascio, T. Williams and W. M. Hoffman and focusing on three very unique
relationships between three couples trying desperately to find themselves in the hearts and
minds of their partners, presented in the black and white style of Theatre Noir; God’s Comic,
an original clown show inspired by The Clown by Heinrich Böll.
• Worked as a lighting, sound and set designer/technician for in-house theatre productions and
events. Representative design works: Texts For Nothing, a solo show performed by Joseph
Chaikin based on writings by Samuel Beckett; Draupadi, a Kathakali dance opera conceived
and directed by Ellen Stewart.
New Wave Studio, Kiev, Ukraine

2. Founder, Producer, Director, Teaching Artist 1986 – 1989
• Taught theatre to beginners, emerging and mid-career theatre artists.
• Facilitated and implemented various teaching programs for students.
• Produced and directed student shows.
• Was responsible for oversight of all administrative studio activities.
Kiev State Cultural Centre for Children, Kiev, Ukraine
After School Theatre Program, Teaching Assistant 1983 – 1987
• Held individual sessions to help students with their scene study and character analysis.
• Conducted group sessions for beginners based on activities that enhance coordination,
timing and motor skills.
• Assisted teachers in producing and directing student shows.
• Served as house manager at performing arts events.
Kiev State Musical Theatre, Kiev, Ukraine
Lighting Technician 1980 – 1983
• Created and implemented lighting design.
Kiev State Theatre for the Young Audience, Kiev, Ukraine
Student Actor 1978 – 1980
• As a student of the theater studio, participated in repertoire productions.
EDUCATION:
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York
Bachelor of Arts, June 1995
Honors: Dean's List for three semesters
Theater Studio at the Kiev State Theatre for the Young Audience 1978 -1980
Completed a two-year program aimed at developing the skills and talents of early-career
theater professionals in the areas of acting, directing and design.
Theater Studio at the Kiev State Cultural Centre for Children 1976 - 1979
Completed a three-year theater education program based on the Stanislavski method.
LANGUAGES:
Russian, Ukrainian
OTHER SKILLS:
Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint. MAC and PC literate.