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Bruce Bennett

  • Actor
  • Designer
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Bio

Bruce Bennett first became known around here in community theater, then at professional theaters like the BoarsHead and Stormfield, winning a lot of local theatre awards along the way. Here at the Williamston Theatre, Bruce played Ernie the Moocher in Guys on Ice in 2007, Yvan in Art in 2008, and won a Thespie award for Best Featured Actor in a play for about a dozen different roles in Leaving Iowa in 2009. Bruce also did prop design here, winning a Pulsar Award for Shirley Valentine and a Wilde Award for boom in 2013. He resides in Chicago, Illinois now.

Awards

boom: Wilde Award Best Props Design: Bruce Bennett
Shirley Valentine: Pulsar Award Best Props Design: Bruce Bennett
Leaving Iowa: Thespie Award, Best Featured Actor: Bruce Bennett
Maidens, Mothers and Crones: Voices from Women of the Midwest: Thespie Special Mention for Great Ensemble Work – Art and Maidens, Mothers and Crones, Art: Thespie Special Mention for Great Ensemble Work – Art and Maidens, Mothers and Crones
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