nuanced actor
Summary
​A nuanced actor with over 70 credits, across dramatic genres, with outstanding reviews.
Reviews
"Keith Burkland gives a brilliant
and nuanced performance as Melody."
A Touch of the Poet - The Inlander
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“Keith Burkland and Karen Nelsen turn in some of the best performances of the season.”
Ah, Wilderness! - The Local Planet
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“It is Burkland who galvanizes the production. As Peck, he is mesmerizing as a broken-down soul.”
How I Learned To Drive - The Spokesman-Review
Credits
A 40 years acting career in the San Francisco Bay Area and Spokane, WA with over 70 stage credits, Keith has appeared in plays by playwrights ranging from Beckett to Vogel to Mamet to Reza to O'Neill to Shakespeare.
Training
Keith describes his training under Jean Shelton as a seminal time in his development. He has studied at The Shakespeare Theater Company and the Studio Acting Conservatory in Washington DC, and under Wendell Phillips, Brian Scott, Richard Seyd, Meryl Shaw, and Lauren English.
Awards
Outstanding Principal Performance
Spokane, WA Critics Circle
Outstanding Ensemble
San Francisco Bay AreaTheatre Critics Circle
Outstanding Supporting Performance
San Francisco Bay AreaTheatre Critics Circle
Skills
Dialects: British, Irish, American southern
Music: Bottleneck-blues guitar
Physical: Stage combat