#  Brian Quijada 

Lecturer in Theater, Dance & Media (Spring 2022)

 

 

 



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 **Brian Quijada** is an actor, playwright, and composer whose original work has been developed and produced all across the country. His hip hop solo show *Where Did We Sit on the Bus?* has been produced at Victory Gardens, Geva Theatre (Emmy Nomination for digital stream), Teatro Vista (Jeff Award), Ensemble Studio Theatre (Drama Desk Nomination), Boise Contemporary, 1st Stage, City Theatre Pittsburgh, and a digital production at Actors Theatre of Louisville (Drama League Nomination). His play *Kid Prince and Pablo* premiered at The Kennedy Center in 2019.

 His plays have been developed at The Kennedy Center, Pittsburgh CLO’s Spark Festival, Victory Gardens’ Ignition Festival, New Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Festival, and The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Musical Theatre Conference.

 Commissioning institutions include A.R.T., 1st Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Wooly Mammoth and The Kennedy Center.

 He is a proud member of The Ensemble Studio Theatre. Brian’s song “The Always Song” was the 2021’s Hispanic Heritage Month Song for Nickelodeon.

 **Select Acting credits:** *Bobbie Clearly* at Roundabout, *Oedipus El Rey* at The Public Theater, *My Mañana Comes* at Playwrights Realm, *How We Got On* and *Airness* at Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival **TV:** *Blue Bloods, Manhattan Love Story.*

 Brian is a proud ensemble member of Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York.



 

 

 





 

 

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