Andrew Barnicle
Andrew has been the Artistic Director of The Laguna Playhouse since 1991. Since then he has produced nearly 100 Playhouse productions and directed thirty-four of them, including many world, U.S., west coast and Southern California premieres. Recent directing projects include the world premiere of Richard Dresser’s The Pursuit of Happiness, the U.S. premiere of Bernard Farrell’s Many Happy Returns, and Somerset Maugham’s The Constant Wife. Andrew has also directed a wide range of works over the years, including the award-winning American Buffalo, three other U.S. premieres by Bernard Farrell, Richard Dresser’s Wonderful World, and his world premiere adaptation of his wife Sara’s translation of Carlo Goldoni’s The Liar, as well as Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Othello, and Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People. He also directed Rounding Third at The Laguna Playhouse in 2003. Andrew previously served as Head of Theatre at United States International University’s School of Performing and Visual Arts in San Diego, and was the Associate Artistic Director of the North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach, where he directed seven plays, including the San Diego premiere of Torch Song Trilogy. He has also directed at San Diego’s Theatre at Old Town and Michigan’s LORT Meadow Brook Theatre. As
an actor, he has appeared numerous times Off-Broadway and in major
roles in eighteen LORT productions across the country, including Meadow
Brook Theatre, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, San Diego Rep, the
Alaska Rep and five roles at the Laguna Playhouse, most recently as
Lawrence in David Rambo’s The Ice-Breaker. April, 2007
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