Bruce Cromer
Bruce Cromer was a resident actor/fight choreographer/stage combat instructor at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival for seven years, even while completing work for his B.F.A. in acting from Wright State University. His roles at ASF included Hamlet, Romeo, Hap Loman in Death of a Salesman, Charles Surface in The School for Scandal, Macduff in Macbeth, Edgar in King Lear, and Prince Hal in Henry IV, Part One. He has since acted at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles, the Seattle Children's Theatre, the Clarence Brown Theatre in Knoxville, Santa Fe Stages in New Mexico, the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and has been a Resident Artist with the Human Race Theatre in Dayton for over fifteen years. Cromer played Bob Cratchit for eight years in the Cincinnati Playhouse's A CHRISTMAS CAROL and took over the role of Scrooge in 2005. He has choreographed fights for professional and college productions of Macbeth, Hamlet, La Tragedie de Carmen, The Illusion, King Lear, The Beaux' Strategem, Richard III, Miss Evers' Boys, Cyrano de Bergerac, Singin' in the Rain, I Hate Hamlet, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, and others. A member of Actor's Equity Association, he was recommended in six weapons styles and won the Patrick Crean Award at the 1993 National Advanced Combatant Workshop of the Society of American Fight Directors. (He has since become a Certified Teacher in the SAFD.) A full Professor, Bruce Cromer acts, directs, and teaches acting and movement courses at Wright State University.
Last updated April 8, 2008
