WBGO Live Interview

BRANDON J. DIRDEN Two River Theater Directing: Seven Guitars, King Hedley II, Radio Golf, Wine in the Wilderness. Two River Theater Acting: Jitney, Topdog/Underdog, Your Blues Ain’t Sweet Like Mine, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, A Raisin in the Sun, Gem of the Ocean. He appeared on Broadway starring in the Tony Award-winning production of Take Me Out and Skeleton Crew, for which he received a Drama Desk nomination. He also appeared on Broadway as Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Tony Award-winning production of All the Way, with Bryan Cranston; as Booster in the Tony Award-winning revival of August Wilson’s Jitney; Clybourne Park; Enron; and Prelude to a Kiss. Off-Broadway, he has appeared in The Piano Lesson, for which he won Obie, Theatre World and AUDELCO awards; The First Breeze of Summer and Day of Absence all at Signature Theatre; Detroit ‘67 at The Public Theater and Classical Theatre of Harlem; Peter and the Starcatcher at New York Theatre Workshop; and as ‘Brutus’ in TFANA’s production of Julius Caesar. On screen he has appeared in “The Good Wife,” “For Life,” “Evil,” “The Big C,” “Public Morals,” “Manifest,” “The Get Down,” “The Accidental Wolf,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Quad,” “P-Valley,” the FX miniseries “Mrs. America” and four seasons of FX’s “The Americans”as Agent Dennis Aderholt.  Brandon is an Associate Arts Professor on the faculty of NYU Tisch’s Graduate Acting Program; a frequent volunteer at the 52nd Street Project; and a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, Actor’s Equity Association and SDC.