Brad Beckman has practiced and taught theater for over 30 years. He has backgrounds in playwriting, dramaturgy, directing, translation, producing, and production management as well as voice-over and acting. He is the former Artistic Director of the Fort Lauderdale Fringe Festival and had Residencies or Fellowships at Broward and Miami Dade Colleges, the Ucross Foundation and the Palenville Interarts Colony. While in NYC, he was a member of Richard Schechner’s East Coast Artists and worked extensively with the Bond Street, Ninth Street and Teleo Theaters. His work has been in the Mabou Mines' Emerging Artist series at PS 122, HERE and La Mama and he has collaborated with the Rude Mechanicals out of Austin, TX. Internationally, he has worked at Prague’s Divadelni Ostrov and the Encuentro de Escuelas de Teatro in Bogota. He currently teaches at Syracuse University and has worked for universities and colleges across the country. His short play "Papeles" was a finalist in the City Theatre’s 2013 National Playwriting Competition. He works regularly as a director and actor and is an NMCA Certified teacher of the Michael Chekhov Technique.