SAG-AFTRA, AEA, SDC
was delighted to be nominated for a Helen Hayes award for her performance as Macbeth in the Riot Grrrl’s production of The Tagedie of Macbeth at Taffety Punk Theatre Company, directed by Michelle Shupe.
She has just enjoyed a very successful run in the title role of Mary Stuart at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in Baltimore.
More news coming soon!
was delighted to be nominated for a Helen Hayes award for her performance as Macbeth in the Riot Grrrl’s production of The Tagedie of Macbeth at Taffety Punk Theatre Company, directed by Michelle Shupe.
She has just enjoyed a very successful run in the title role of Mary Stuart at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in Baltimore.
More news coming soon!
was delighted to be nominated for a Helen Hayes award for her performance as Macbeth in the Riot Grrrl’s production of The Tagedie of Macbeth at Taffety Punk Theatre Company, directed by Michelle Shupe.
She has just enjoyed a very successful run in the title role of Mary Stuart at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in Baltimore.
More news coming soon!
Watch on the Rhine, by Lillian Hellman, directed by Jackie Maxwell
at Arena Stage in Washington, DC.
Lise Bruneau is a stage and screen actor, theatre director, audiobook narrator and voice actor.
On screen she is most known for FBI: Most Wanted playing the role of Martha Vance, opposite Dylan McDermott. On stage she has notably appeared on Broadway in The Cherry Orchard featuring Diane Lane, and in Robert Icke’s Hamlet and The Oresteia at the Park Avenue Armory.
The San Francisco Chronicle calls her “luminously magnetic” and the Washington Post says: “Bruneau is a force of nature."
Sweat, by Lynn Nottage, directed by Loretta Greco
at A.C.T in San Francisco.
Lise Bruneau is a stage and screen actor, theatre director, audiobook narrator and voice actor.
On screen she is most known for FBI: Most Wanted playing the role of Martha Vance, opposite Dylan McDermott. On stage she has notably appeared on Broadway in The Cherry Orchard featuring Diane Lane, and in Robert Icke’s Hamlet and The Oresteia at the Park Avenue Armory.
Watch on the Rhine, by Lillian Hellman, directed by Jackie Maxwell
at Arena Stage in Washington, DC.
The San Francisco Chronicle calls her “luminously magnetic” and the Washington Post says: “Bruneau is a force of nature."
Sweat, by Lynn Nottage, directed by Loretta Greco
at A.C.T in San Francisco.
Lise Bruneau is a stage and screen actor, theatre director, audiobook narrator and voice actor.
On screen she is most known for FBI: Most Wanted playing the role of Martha Vance, opposite Dylan McDermott. On stage she has notably appeared on Broadway in The Cherry Orchard featuring Diane Lane, and in Robert Icke’s Hamlet and The Oresteia at the Park Avenue Armory.
The San Francisco Chronicle calls her “luminously magnetic” and the Washington Post says: “Bruneau is a force of nature."
Lise recently played the title role in Mary Stuart at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in Baltimore. Directed by Artistic Director Ian Gallagher, the show played to rave reviews at the company’s beautiful theatre in Baltimore.
Lise played the title role in the Riot Grrrls’ production of Shakespeare’s The Tragedie of Macbeth at Taffety Punk Theatre Company. Sep 25 - Oct 12 at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop in Washington, DC.
She was nominated for a Helen Hayes award for her work in this show.
With an all-female cast directed by Michelle Shupe, the show featured fight choreography by Lorraine Ressegger-Slone. Set designed by Jessica Moretti. Lights by Katie McCreary. Costumes by Elizabeth Morton.
This production earned the coveted "Helen Hayes Recommended” endorsement of TheatreWashington.
Lise directed The Oresteia at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company and is getting rave reviews. The show runs through March 10. Get tickets here. (Production photo by Kiirstn PaganPhotography.)
"Perfect production, beautifully staged!” —— Broadway World
“Vividly staged and captivating!” —— DC Theatre Arts
Lise won a Helen Hayes Award for her terrific work in Leo McGann’s The Honey Trap, directed by Matt Torney, which ran at Solas Nua. (Production photo by Ryan Maxwell.)
“Another marvelous performance from Lise Bruneau.” — Washington Post
By Tony Kushner
Lise as the Angel, with Garrett Dillahunt as Prior Walter; directed by Mark Wing-Davey, at ACT in San Francisco. Photo by Peter DaSilva.
by Lynn Nottage
Lise as Tracey, directed by Loretta Greco at ACT in San Francisco. Photo by Kevin Berne.
by Lillian Hellman
Lise as Sara Müller, directed by Jackie Maxwell at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Photo by C. Stanley Photography.
by George Bernard Shaw
Lise as Hesione Hushabye with Robert Sicular as Boss Mangan; directed by Bruce K. Sevy at the Denver Center.
by William Shakespeare
Lise as Iago, directed by Kelsey Mesa at Taffety Punk Theatre Company in Washington, DC. Photo by Teresa Castracane.
by William Shakespeare
Lise as Titania, with J Paul Boehmer as Oberon; directed by Darko Tresnjak at the Old Globe in San Diego. Photo by Craig Schwarz.
by Lauren Gunderson
Lise is Olympe de Gouges, with Jessica Lynn Carroll as Marie Antoinette; directed by Eleanor Holdridge at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Photo by Mikki Schaffner.
by William Shakespeare
Lise as the Narrator; directed by Marcus Kyd with Taffety Punk Theatre Company, performing at the Black Cat in Washington, DC. Photo by C. Stanley.
by Arthur Miller
Lise as Sylvia Gellburg with Paul Morella as Phillip Gelburg; directed by Aaron Posner at Theater J in Washington, DC. Photo by Teresa Wood.
by William Shakespeare
Lise as Hermione; directed by Jesse Berger at Great Lakes Theatre.
by William Shakespeare
Lise as Queen Elizabeth, with Andrew Borba as Richard III; directed by Matthew Arbour at St. Louis Shakespeare Festival. Photo by J. David Levy.
Cast feature photo; opening night of The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Chekov; directed by Simon Godwin at Roundabout Theatre Company, NY. Photo by Walter McBride.
"Bruneau is luminously magnetic."
"Bruneau is a force of nature."
"I hate to single out one player for special comment, but I couldn't take my eyes off Lise Bruneau."
“The kind of acting that reminds a viewer what theater is all about."
"She is glowingly charismatic, piercingly intelligent. She is incredible."
author of Eugene O’Neill: Beyond Mourning and Tragedy
Teresa Wolf
Kym Smith