J. David Brimmer: N.Y. Theater Speed the Plow, Barrymore Theater, Neil Pepe, dir.; Spring Awakening, Atlantic Theater and Broadway, Michael Mayer dir.; Blasted, Soho Rep., Sarah Benson, dir.; The Cripple of Inishmaan, Atlantic Theater, Garry Hines, dir.; Almost an Evening, (NY premiere) Ethan Coen one acts, Atlantic Theater, Neil Pepe dir.; Come Back, Little Sheba, (MTC revival) Biltmore Theater, Michael Pressman, dir.; Crimes of the Heart, Roundabout Theatre Company-Laura Pels Theater, Kathleen Turner, dir.; The Lieutenant of Inishmore, (NY Premiere) Atlantic Theater and Broadway, Wilson Milam dir; Blackbird, (NY premiere) Manhattan Theater Club, Joe Mantello dir.; Our Leading Lady, (NY premiere) Manhattan Theater Club, Lynne Meadow dir.; Stunning, Lincoln Center at the Duke, Anne Kaufman, dir; The American Pilot, (NY premiere) Manhattan Theater Club, Lynne Meadow dir.; Mindgame, Soho Playhouse, Ken Russell, dir.; Sore Throats, Theater for a New Audience, Evan Yionoulis dir; Bug, (NY premiere) Barrow St. Theatre, Dexter Bullard dir.; Women of Lockerbie, St. Clement’s Church, Scott Elliot dir.; Killer Joe, 29th St. Playhouse (NY premiere) & Soho Playhouse, Wilson Milam dir.; Blood Wedding, Joseph Papp’s Public Theater, Melia Bensussen dir.; Richard II, NYSF, Stephen Burkoff dir.; Revenger’s Tragedy, Culture Project, Jesse Berger dir.; Eat The Taste, Barrow St. Theatre, John Clancy dir.; Bare, ATA, Kristin Hanggi, dir.; Hiding Behind Comets, 29th St. Rep, David Mogentale dir.
Touring/Regional: Jekyll & Hyde, National Tour, David Warren dir.; A View from the Bridge, The Guthrie, Ethan McSweeney, dir.; Red Dog Howls, El Portal Theatre, LA, Michael Peretzian, dir.; The Taming of the Shrew, Dallas Theater Center, Richard Hamburger dir.; Othello, Hartford Stage, Karin Coonrod dir.; Camelot, Shubert Theater, Boston, Gabriel Barre dir.; Speed the Plow, Center Stage, Daniel Fish dir.; Indian wants the Bronx, Edinburgh Festival, Bill Balzac dir..
A Fight Master with the Society of American Fight Directors, David is also the creator and current instructor of the Stage Combat Program at Tisch School of the Arts, and has taught at Yale Schools of Music and Drama, The Stella Adler Conservatory, The Lee Strasberg Institute, Atlantic Theater, and The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (Guest Instructor).
He has also had the pleasure of working with Stella Adler, Franco Zeffirelli, Joe Chaikin, JoAnne Akalaitis, and Joseph Papp, as well as award winning writers David Mamet, Ethan Coen, Martin McDonough, and Tracy Letts, and collaborating with such wonderful performers as William H. Macy, Jeremy Piven, Raul Esparza, Norbert Leo Butz, Elizabeth Moss, F. Murray Abraham, Mark Linn-Baker, Keith Carradine, Jonathan Cake, Kathleen Chalfant, S. Epatha Merkerson, Larry Pine, Judith Ivey, Val Kilmer, David Patrick Kelly, Sarah Paulson, Reed Birney, Michael Shannon, Kate Mulgrew, Kate Burton, Lily Rabe, Kristen Johnston, Michael T. Weiss, Kerry Condon, Richard Mazur, Alison Pill and Jeff Daniels.
“…walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone.” G. Fox