Brendan McCall

Photo: Robert Flynt

Brendan McCall (he/him/his) is a multifaceted performance artist, teacher, and writer. Born in California, he lived in Turkey, Australia, Norway, and France between 2008-2021.

A member of both Actors Equity Association (USA) and the Norwegian Actors Union, he has worked in over 40 countries on 5 continents in contemporary dance, ballet, physical theater, experimental opera, performance art, fashion, and independent film. He is currently working with Keith Thompson and danceTactics performance group for their upcoming Love Alone Anthology Project at La MaMa next spring, a dance/theater work inspired by the writings of poet & AIDS activist Paul Monette. Over his career, he has worked with Alexandra Beller, Maureen Fleming, David Gordon, Sin Cha Hong, Moises Kaufman, Paul Langland, Stephen Petronio, Aki Sato. He performed in Svanhild, the Ibsen Award-winning production directed by Lars Øyno, at Festivals in Norway, Russia, and Japan; and performed and co-produced Brain to Brain by his mentor Mary Overlie, with whom he had been collaborating since 1993.

He has 30 years of international experience at numerous conservatory and university (BA, BFA, MFA) programs, including the Yale School of Drama, the New School for Drama, the Actors Studio Drama School, New York University, Pace University, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Bilkent University (Turkey), Danshögskolan & Ballettakademien (Sweden), Kirkenær Ballettskole (Norway), and The International Theater Academy Norway in Oslo, where he served as Dean from 2008-10. He co-founded the Allan Wayne Work Alliance with Paul Langland and Brenna Palughi, and works as a screenwriter and director for Interzone Films.

His award-winning articles have been translated into French, Norwegian, Russian, and Belarusian since 1995. Under a pseudonym, he has published 16 books of fiction, some of which have garnered awards. He currently lives (mostly) in New York City.

BFA with Honors in Acting, New York University. MFA in Dance, Bennington College. MPhil in Ibsen Studies (ABT), University of Oslo.