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Brian Balcom

Brian Balcom is a disabled, Asian-American director working in Chicago and Minneapolis who specializes in contemporary, muscular, relationship-driven plays. He enjoys working with playwrights and thinks that entertainment is underrated.
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All this works because of the strength of the cast, as well as Brian Balcom’s spirited and text-respecting direction.

— Quinton Skinner, City Pages

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UPCOMING EVENTS

A GREAT MIGRATION (world premiere)
by Preston Choi
B Street Theater, Sacramento
Opens April 22

MARISOL
by Jose Rivera
Northwestern University Graduate Actors
Opens July 22

TIGER STYLE!
by Mike Lew
Writers Theatre
Opens October 7

THE BOYS ROOM
by Joel Drake Johnson
Gremlin Theatre
Opens November 4

Tiger Style!

by Tiger Style!
Writers Theatre, 2022

Teenage Dick

by Teenage Dick
Theater Wit, 2020

Fast Company

by Carla Ching
Theater Mu, 2019

Vietgone

by Qui Nguyen
American Stage, 2019

Samuel J and K

by Mat Smart
Gremlin Theatre, 2019

Ideation

by Aaron Loeb
Gremlin Theatre, 2018

The Misanthrope

by Moliere/Wilbur
DePaul Theatre School, 2016

Elemeno Pea

by Molly Smith Metzler
DePaul Theatre School, 2015

An Absolute Turkey

by Nicki Frei and Peter Hall
Gremlin Theatre, 2012

Slasher

by Allison Moore
Urban Samurai Productions, 2012

See You Next Tuesday

by Steve Moulds
Walking Shadow Company, 2010

American Sexy

by Trista Baldwin
The New Theatre Group, 2010

Some Girls

by Neil Labute
Walking Shadow Company, 2009

Mr. Marmalade

by Noah Haidle
Walking Shadow Company, 2007

How to Cheat

by Alan Berks
The New Theatre Group, 2006