david weiss

(he/him)

COMPANY DRAMATURG/
GRAPHIC DESIGNER

David is an actor, dramaturg, graphic designer, and longtime company member with Broken Nose Theatre. His recent BNT acting credits include Labyrinth, Plainclothes, At The Table, and A Phase, and other Chicago acting credits include work with The New Colony, Raven Theatre, Steep Theatre, Theo Ubique, Provision Theater, The Waltzing Mechanics, Fine Print Theatre, Eclectic Full Contact Theatre, and the Metropolis Performing Arts Center. David has served as dramaturg on numerous BNT mainstage productions, as well as the company's new-play development program The Paper Trail and all seven iterations of the Bechdel Fest short play festival. He was among the recipients of the Non-Equity Jeff Award for Best Ensemble for his work in At The Table in 2017 and Plainclothes in 2019. David received his B.A. in Drama and English from Washington University in St. Louis, is a graduate of the School at Steppenwolf, and has studied performance at London’s Globe Theatre.

ACTOR

Primer (Jerrod)
Off/Nights Series: “The Curse of Giles Corey” (Desmond/Mayor Mann)
Off/Nights Series: “Crush” (Gary)
Labyrinth (Charlie)
Plainclothes (Pete/Jerrod)
At The Table Summer Remount (Elliott)
At The Table (Elliott)
A Phase (Zack)
From White Plains (Dennis)

DRAMATURG

Beautiful Broken
Bechdel Fests 1 – 5
A Phase
Human Terrain
The Paper Trail: Kingdom
At The Table
The Paper Trail: Options
Kingdom
The Paper Trail: Peg
The Opportunities of Extinction
The Paper Trail: Exposure
Plainclothes
Language Rooms
The Paper Trail: Ninety-Nine
Labyrinth
The Paper Trail: Mare
Bechdel Fest 8: Realign
Off/Nights Series: “J²”
Off/Nights Series: “Sick”
Off/Nights Series: “Modern Magic”
Primer
This is Only a Test

PRODUCTION TEAM

Bechdel Fests 1 – 8 (Co-Curator)
A Phase (Co-Projections Designer)
Human Terrain (Graphic Design, Captioning)
At The Table (Graphic Design)
Kingdom (Graphic Design)
The Opportunities of Extinction (Graphic Design)
Plainclothes (Graphic Design)
Girl in the Red Corner (Graphic Design)
Language Rooms (Graphic Design)
Labyrinth (Graphic Design)
The Paper Trail: Ninety-Nine (Graphic Design)
The Paper Trail: Mare (Graphic Design)
Bechdel Fest 8: Realign (Graphic Design)
Off/Nights Series (Graphic Design)
The Paper Trail: The Book of Shadows (Graphic Design)
This is Only a Test (Graphic Design)
After The Blast (Graphic Design)