Brendan
is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he performed as a
featured tenor and character actor with many groups, primarily the Penn
Singers and the Penn Glee Club, both under the direction of Bruce
Montgomery.
With our society he has appeared as The Defendant in two of our annual Trial
By Jury productions,
and as the comic patter lead in five mainstage productions, most
recently as Jack Point
in The Yeomen of the Guard.
With the G&S Players he has played Mercury in the Gilbert
& Montgomery revival of Thespis twice,
including the 2000 Gilbert & Sullivan Festival in Buxton,
England, where he was awarded the festival prize for Best Supporting
Actor. In the
summer of 2005 he returned to Buxton with the G&S Players as
the producer of their production
of Utopia, Limited.
He has been the featured tenor or comic lead for several productions of
The Savoy Company, and
his favorite non-G&S credits include Bill Snibson in Me
and My Girl (Rose Valley Chorus & Orchestra)
and Dr. Parker in Bat Boy The Musical (Village
Productions).
He has been a staff tenor for St. Paul's Lutheran church in Wynnewood,
PA and is a recurring
guest soloist at Ardmore Presbyterian Church, has been a tenor-for-hire
at many recitals, weddings, funerals and special events,
is an accomplished interpreter of traditional Irish ballads,
and is coached by Richard Johnson of Bryn Mawr, PA. By
day Brendan is Director of Software Development for Aria
Systems, an internet billing services provider. He's also the
designer of our society's website and father to professional child
actor Conor
O'Brien
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| Training: |
 Bachelor
of Arts (Minor in Music Theory): University of Pennsylvania -
Philadelphia, PA
Voice
Teacher/Coach: Richard Johnson - Bryn Mawr, PA
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| Honors & Awards:
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Best
Supporting Actor, International Gilbert & Sullivan
Festival, 2000
First
Prize, Maggie O'Neil's St. Patrick's Day Danny Boy Singing
Contest, 2000
Award
of Merit, University of Pennsylvania Alumni Society,
1987
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| Brendan's GSSCC Roles:
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Jack
Point, Yeomen of the Guard - 2004
Robin
Oakapple, Ruddigore - 2003
The
Defendant, Trial By Jury - 2002 *
Sir
Joseph, H.M.S. Pinafore - 2002
The
Defendant, Trial By Jury - 2001 *
King
Gama, Princess Ida - 2001
Mercury,
Thespis - 2001
*
= Brendan's favorite role with GSSCC
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| Brendan's Other Roles:
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Sir
Joseph, H.M.S. Pinafore - The Savoy Company, 2007
Jack
Point, The Yeomen of the Guard - The Savoy Company,
2006
Murphy
(u/s), Windy City - The Walnut Street Theatre, 2006
Marco,
The Gondoliers - The Savoy
Company, 2005
Dr.
Parker, Bat Boy The Musical - Village Productions,
2005 **
Bunthorne,
Patience - Rose Valley Chorus
& Orchestra, 2004
Edwin
(The Defendant), Trial By Jury - The Savoy Company,
2004
Bunthorne,
Patience - Princeton Society of
Musical Amateurs, 2004
Bill
Snibson, Me & My Girl - Rose Valley Chorus
& Orchestra, 2003
Nanki-Poo,
The Mikado - The Savoy Company
(Traveling Troupe), 2003
Koko,
The Mikado - Princeton Society of
Musical Amateurs, 2003
Ralph
Rackstraw, H.M.S. Pinafore - Thespis, Etc., 2003
Prince
Hilarion, Princess Ida - The Savoy Company, 2002
Mercury,
Thespis - Gilbert &
Sullivan Players, 2000 *
Mercury,
Thespis - Gilbert &
Sullivan Players, 1989
Koko,
The Mikado - Penn Singers, 1986
*
= Awarded Best Supporting Actor 2000 International Gilbert &
Sullivan Festival, Buxton, England
**
= Brendan's favorite role
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| Brendan's Personal Remarks:
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Almost
the whole world's asleep. Everybody you know, everybody you see,
everybody you talk to. Only a few people are awake, and they live in a
state of constant, total amazement. - Joe Versus the Volcano
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