Bio
"The starting point for both the humor and the pathos" according the Oregonian, Brian Allard has become a mainstay of the Portland Acting Community. Since arriving in 2006 from New York, where he appeared off Broadway in The Tempest with Manhattan Rep and Aurora Leigh at Ensemble Studio Theater, Brian has delighted Portland audiences with multiple captivating performances each year.
Upcoming in 2009-2010, Brian will be appearing at Lakewood Theater in Lake Oswego in The Man Who Came to Dinner as Professor Metz. Come summer 2010, Brian will be returning to the outdoor stages of the Original Practice Shakespeare Festival in Much Adoe About Nothing in the role of Benedick.
Previous successes have included the lead role of Peter in CoHo Productions' Tales of Ordinary Madness, Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice with the Quintessence Language and Imagination Theater, and Allen in bobrauschenbergamerica with Portland Playhouse for which the Willamette Week singled him out as "particularly entertaining."
Brian is also a company member at The Brody Theater, where he performs improv whenever not involved in other projects.
Upcoming in 2009-2010, Brian will be appearing at Lakewood Theater in Lake Oswego in The Man Who Came to Dinner as Professor Metz. Come summer 2010, Brian will be returning to the outdoor stages of the Original Practice Shakespeare Festival in Much Adoe About Nothing in the role of Benedick.
Previous successes have included the lead role of Peter in CoHo Productions' Tales of Ordinary Madness, Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice with the Quintessence Language and Imagination Theater, and Allen in bobrauschenbergamerica with Portland Playhouse for which the Willamette Week singled him out as "particularly entertaining."
Brian is also a company member at The Brody Theater, where he performs improv whenever not involved in other projects.