Brian Eckert is a director and adapter of plays and musicals; his credits range from contemporary classics to new works engaging “classic” ideas. Most recently, he directed and produced the Austrian play Jackie by Elfriede Jelinek, and Lucas Hnath’s play A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney. His work has been shown at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in New York, Two River Theater, on Fast Radio Burst!, an audio play podcast, and around Los Angeles.

Brian is a frequent associate to director Sarna Lapine and others, including the legendary Graciela Daniele and Ruben Santiago-Hudson. He has worked Off-Broadway and regionally at Ars Nova, Atlantic Theater Company, Classic Stage Company, New York City Center, Pasadena Playhouse, and Two River Theater. He has studied at the prestigious Schaubühne theater in Berlin, Artistic Director Thomas Ostermeier.

Currently in development: a new musical about the 2000 ILOVEYOU computer worm that infected millions with the promise of love and fulfillment; a radical re-writing of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town set in Brian’s impoverished hometown along the Jersey Shore; and a concert adaptation of Edna Ferber’s novel So Big.

BFA: NYU, Playwrights Horizons Theater School.

Click here to watch Brian participate in a roundtable discussion about assistant directing.