About

Bruce Linser is a freelance director, actor, singer, teacher, and coach. He has directed and performed in plays and musicals across the country including his own cabaret shows featuring selections from the Great American Songbook and Broadway shows. He is also a private coach for acting and musical theatre and is available for master classes at college and university theatre programs.​

Upcoming Projects

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> Bruce directs Ride the Cyclone by Jacob Richmond & Brooke Maxwell for the Goldner Conservatory at Maltz Jupiter Theatre August 2nd & 3rd, 2025.
Buckle up! Travel to a carnival complete with a fortune teller and magic rollercoaster called the Cyclone. Characters are faced with the trial of their lives, but this tale is told with witty dialogue and an incredible contemporary score filled with classical, folk, rock, and musical theatre styles. This touching, hilarious musical is a funny and moving look at what makes a life well-lived.​

> Bruce directs The Fantasticks by Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt at The Wick Theatre October 9th through November 2nd, 2025.
A funny and romantic musical about a boy, a girl, and their two fathers who try to keep them apart. The narrator, El Gallo, asks the audience to use their imagination and follow him into a world of moonlight and magic. The boy and the girl fall in love, grow apart, and finally find their way back to each other after realizing the truth in El Gallo's words that, "without a hurt, the heart is hollow."

> Bruce directs Everything Beautiful Happens At Night by Ted Malawer at Island City Stage April 2nd though May 3rd, 2026.
In the mid-1980's, a closeted, successful children's book writer risks his career and his relationship with his best friend and editor when he meets a young man who changes his life. A beautifully crafted love story about how we hide from each other and about being true to ourselves, and the personal, political, and social ramifications of not being willing to do either. 

> Bruce is writing the book for a new musical called Prodigals featuring bluegrass and folk songs written by The Lubben Brothers. Watch this space for info on further developments!​

In the summer of 1950, shared tragedy reunites an estranged West Virginia family against their will. As their secrets, lies, loves, and resentments are revealed, will the choices they make bring them closer together or tear them apart forever? Loosely inspired by the story of the prodigal son, PRODIGALS explores the humanity behind our collective need for connection, forgiveness, belonging, and a place to call home.

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