Brad Raimondo, Director is a director, teaching artist and indie theatre producer.  This season, in addition to WHALE SONG or: Learning to Live With Mobyphobia, he is facilitating The Dreamscape Theatre’s development of a new play by Ricardo Pérez Gonzalez, The Brooklyn Enigma, based on the incredible true story of Brooklyn’s own Mollie Fancher.  Other recent work includes the development and world premiere of In Fields Where They Lay by Ricardo Pérez Gonzalez (Dreamscape, 2009) and Don Nigro’s Green Man at the 2010 FrigidNY Festival (Pageant Wagon Productions).  Since co-founding The Dreamscape Theatre in 2002 Brad has served as Producing Artistic Director. He has produced all but one of the company’s nineteen productions and directed or facilitated the creation of seven. He co-created and performed in Dreamscape’s Burning Cities Project at FringeNYC (2006).  Other directing credits include Lisa Barri’s one-woman show Invisible Child at the 2005 Midtown International Theatre Festival, The Credeaux Canvas by Keith Bunin (Dreamscape, 2004) and Tiny Dynamite by Richard Lovejoy (Dreamscape, 2005). Brad holds a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (Playwrights Horizons Theatre School), an MA in Educational Theatre from NYU’s Steinhardt School, and is currently pursuing his MFA in Directing at the New School for Drama.  He is also a proud member of the New Victory Theater’s Teaching Artist Ensemble.

SIX QUESTIONS for Brad Raimondo

HOMETOWN: Tenafly, NJ

FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR: This is tricky.  I recently visited the Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard in Waterbury, VT and I was reminded that once upon a time there was a White Russian ice cream and it was glorious.  Since its untimely demise, I'm more of a Cherry Garcia man.

IF I WERE A SEA CREATURE I like to think I'd be an anemone or a starfish, because I admire their ability to relax.  In all likelihood, though, I think I'd be an octopus.  Multitasking seems to be my thing.  Eight legs would be nice.

FIRST DIRECTING GIG: When I was 17 I took over a vacant store in my hometown with a bunch of friends and turned it into a theater for two months.  I directed The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare.  I have a video of the production somewhere that I've never seen and that I'm terified to watch.  It was probably a total mess.  But we learned a lot.

MOST EMBARRASSING ONSTAGE MOMENT: I was in a production of Macbeth a few years back, playing a couple of roles, including Duncan.  For some reason the costume designer decided that Duncan should be wearing a loose-fitting one piece bodysuit with a deep v-neck front.  I looked almost excatly like General Zod in Superman II--except without any of the gravitas.

FAVORITE NYC SUMMER ACTIVITY (BESIDES FRINGENYC): I don't know if you've been to Sundaes & Cones on East 10th Street just off of Bowery, but you really should go.  Seriously.