David Girard
AEA/SAG ELIGIBLE
518.528.1677
david@davidmgirard.com
Photo Credit: Sarah Pezdek
REcent work...
The following are recent acting projects in which I have been involved:
YELLOW
A World Premiere Directed by Brenna Geffers
Troy Foundry Theatre, 2019
A commission by Die-Cast Philly
Photo Credit: Sarah Pezdek
“The entire cast inhabited their roles completely and individually…
…and would come together to create a searingly strong ensemble. At times they seemed to move as a singular organism… provocative and immersive, interweaving artists of different disciplines”
Roseanne Cane, Berkshire On Stage
“the performances and commitment to the material are astounding…
the actors, even when eyeball to eyeball with the audience, seem totally focused and engaged with each other… a fascinating visual theater experience with its own unique style of performance”
Bob Goepfert, WAMC, Troy Record & The Saratogian
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
Saratoga Shakespeare Company, 2019
Directed by Wesley Broulik
Photo Credit: Dale Atherton-Ely and Erica Miller
“[the] relationship, between Opitz and Girard, as Lear and the Fool, is deeply familial if not actually linked by blood; the actors have worked together for a long time, know one another well, and it's abundantly evident in their scenes together.”
Steve Barnes, The Times Union
“The bond between the two is one of the more genuine connections in the production…
“One of the successes of the production is the relationship between the Fool and Lear. David Girard does not force the relationship as he is content with observing and wisely commenting on Lear’s behavior. “
Bob Goepfert, The Saratogian
Shakespeare in Love
by Lee Hall
Capital Repertory Theatre, 2019
Directed by Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill
Photo Credit: Richard Lovrich
Nominated for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Berkshires Awards: Best Featured Actor in a Play
“Brilliant casting…
“Burbage is played with volatility and a forceful range by David Girard, an experienced scene-stealer whose character is the just the same sort of individual…”
J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Edge
“‘well acted and impressively directed. It’s almost impossible to leave the production and not feel better than when you walked in… also very good [is] David Girard as the boastful actor Richard Burbage”
Bob Goepfert, WAMC and The Saratogian
Billy Bishop Goes to War
by John MacLachlan Gray and Eric Peterson
Theatre Institute at Sage, 2018
Directed by Michael Musial
Nominated for the 2018
BroadwayWorld Berkshires Awards:
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Photo Credit: Tamara Hansen
Lydie Breeze
A Trilogy by John Guare
Ego Po Classic Theatre, 2018
A World Premiere Directed by Lane Savadove
Barrymore Recommended
by Theatre Philadelphia
“David Girard brings by-then needed spark and variety to the first act of “Aipotu.” He has been a stand-out in Savadove’s effort to make Guare’s trilogy important”
Photo Credit: Dave Sarrafian
“…excellent acting from Savadove’s nuclear players — Charlie DelMarcelle, David Girard, Ed Swidey, and the evolvingly remarkable Melanie Julian…”
Phindie
“Under Savadove's direction, all three men carve authentic moments.”
Philly Enquirer
“A captivating and enlightening journey… David Girard is the rough-edged but always amiable Dan Grady… a Hollywood-style train heist to blood red rain, the rest of their tragic story has enough dazzling joy and devastating calamity to give Aipotu the same mythic feel as its predecessor.”
Talkingbroadway.com
“Under Lane Savadove’s imaginative direction… this allegory of America comes to brilliant visual life. “
ExperiencePA
“Director Lane Savadove masterfully balances the epic with the intimate in this sweeping story of American aspiration and self-fashioning.”
Philly Artblog.com
“Guare continues to give us a uniquely American epic… director Lane Savadove’s richly detailed production shows how quickly an Eden can go to seed”
Broadstreet Review
She Loves Me
Book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock
Capital Repertory Theatre, 2017
Directed by Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill
“In every way a stunning production…
Song as character revealer? Listen to Girard’s snarky take on “Grand Knowing You… An Esterhazy torte of a show!”
Paul Lamar, The Daily Gazette
“Stalwarts David Girard and Kevin McGuire perform with their accustomed aplomb”
Steve Barnes, Times Union
“David Girard is brilliant as workplace Lothario Kodaly…
Artistic Director Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill has assembled a wonderful cast…”
James Yeara, Spotlight News
Photo Credit: Douglas C. Liebig
“David Girard creates an always interesting cad Kodaly…
It’s a terrific production of an extremely charming piece of theater… “She Loves Me” is a joy. It’s one of the most complete productions that Capital Rep has offered in several seasons and is a must-see production.”
Bob Goepfert, The Saratogian
“When was the last time you left a theater feeling exuberant, even beguiled… I’m still smiling…
Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill has assembled a startlingly good cast. Their singing voices, all of them, are glorious.”
Roseann Cane Nippertown
2016 Times union critics choice
Photo Credit: Richard Lovrich
The Blue-Sky Boys
by Deborah Brevoort
Capital Repertory Theatre, 2017
Directed by Gordon Greenberg
“…. Fun times for all are had at Cap Rep’s latest production, The Blue Sky Boys…. a perfectly cast David Girard”
James Yeara, Spotlight News
“funny, brainy and magical…
Musical, transporting and wholly realized, it is also a blessed reminder of a time when our country — though, then as now, riven by divide — still could be unified in hope and purpose.”
Steve Barnes, Times Union
“Gordon Greenberg creates many moments of beauty and charm that supports the aura of magical-realism that exists within the work.”
Bob Goepfert, WAMC
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Recent News
Film: The Briefcase
Girard just finished a short film with director, Taylor Finlay called The Briefcase. Filmed in Newport, RI, The briefcase follows Vito as he attempts to reconstruct events that ultimately lead him to the unexpected and divine.
Girard Saves the show!
David Girard walked into his uncle's barbershop with an emergency request: He wanted an old-school, government-issue, flat-top haircut. And he needed it immediately.
"Really?" said his uncle. "Why?"
Girard, a veteran local theater presence who is the assistant director of Capital Repertory Theatre's new production, "The Blue-Sky Boys," had just found out he was going to be in the show as well helping direct it.
Shipwrecked!
WAMC's Bob Goepfert writes about Shipwrecked that, "the magic of the production is that actor David Girard who plays Louis Rougemond is so convinced the bizarre events actually happen to him, and we so enjoy sharing them with him... an enthusiasm that boarders on awe... Girard is magnetic while on stage... It’s a memorable performance"
See Girard and Director David Baecker interview with Dan Basile on WNYT's morning show by clicking below.