Artist Profile
As a scenic and costume designer, Bruce has designed many shows for the Chance, as well as New York and regionally. On stage at the Chance he has appeared in Tribes and the final iteration of The Reindeer Monologues. Other roles, over the years, include a wide range, from Clove in Beckett’s Endgame, Zauberkönig in Odon Von Horvath’s Tales from the Vienna Woods, taking place at the eve of the Austrofacist takeover in the late 1930s, the Captain and Hennessy in Dames at Sea, and a Member of Parliament in Laura Wade’s Posh, among many others. He is the screenwriter for Mapplethorpe, about photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe, starring Matt Smith, developed at Sundance Labs and directed by Ondi Timoner and released by Sony Pictures Classics. Bruce is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, BFA, and Carnegie-Mellon School of Drama, MFA, and has served on the Design and Production faculties of Williams College, Montclair State College, and CSU, Fullerton (Chair, Department of Theatre and Dance).
