Writer Bio
Play scripts include, Red Maple, winner of the Capital Repertory Theatre 2017 Next Act Play Summit 6 and given world premiere at Cap Rep January-February 2019. An adaptation of Charles Dickens’, A Christmas Carol, and the one-man show, Dogs of War; Shakespeare’s Soldiers, both produced by the Theatre Institute at Sage (TIS). The Mighty Lambs, reading by Round The Bend Theatre. A musical adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story, The Fall of the House of Usher, given staged reading at New York State Theatre Institute (NYSTI). One-act, Lunch, produced at Penn State University and at the Actor’s Attic in Hartford CT. Legacy Boys and Brewster Green, both in process. Screenplays include Gasoline and Lightning, commissioned for Edgewood Studios, Rutland Vermont, pilot scripts for The Middle Ages, Incisions and Learning to Fly. Writer and director of the short films The Smell of Existence and Soup’s On. Film director/co-writer for All For The Birds; Pete Dubacher and the Berkshire Bird Paradise. Member of Dramatists Guild.
Director Bio
Stage productions include Last of the Mohicans Outdoor Drama in Lake George, And Then There Were None for New York State Theatre Institute (NYSTI), and Lord of the Flies, A Christmas Carol, Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, Number the Stars and The Giver for the Theatre Institute at Sage. A Christmas Carol, The Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help and BOCA for Curtain Call Theatre, Heroes for Theatre Voices. Writer and co-director of the film, The Middle Ages, director of the short film, Breakfast of Champions, writer and co-director of the shorts, The Smell of Existence and Soup’s On. Film director/co-writer for the documentary, All For The Birds; Pete Dubacher and the Berkshire Bird Paradise.
Actor Bio
Actor/ Teacher: New York State Theatre Institute for 27 years. Acting credits include: London West End; The Snow Queen, Off-Broadway; American Enterprise (St. Clemens), International tours include Moscow; Rag Dolly and Peter Pan, Middle East; Aladdin, Sweden; Born Yesterday and Italy; American Soup. Others include The Verdict with Allison Janney, Thenardier in Les Miserable with Craig Schulman and Gary Lynch, Curtis in Black Tie for the Adirondack Theatre Festival and George in the critically acclaimed Theatre Institute at Sage’s (TIS) production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Still others include Death of a Salesman, Of Mice and Men and The Elephant Man. Film work includes Aftermath with Anthony Michael Hall, Cold, I Am: Battle of the Bark Eater for West Field Films, Arachnia for Edgewood Studios and Benedict Arnold; Hero Betrayed for Talon Films. Member SAG/AFTRA and AEA
Fight Director/ Combat Bio:
Fight Choreographer and Stage Combat instructor for thirty years at places such as the New York State Theatre Institute (NYSTI), Theatre Institute at Sage (TIS), Capital Repertory Theatre (theREP), Russell Sage College, Sienna College, Schenectady County Community College. Fight Director and Stunt Coordinator for too many films and stage productions to list. Five productions of Noises Off, six productions of Romeo and Juliet, four Macbeths, etc. Member Society of American Fight Directors. See Resume link below for a full list. Member SAFD
Combat Resume Link
Original Published Casts include:
A Tale of Cinderella (Peliculo), The Canterville Ghost (Mr. Otis), Sherlock’s Secret Life (Dr. Watson), The Snow Queen (Scubby), A Little Princess (Captain Crewe), Miracle on 34th Street (Dr. Sawyer), King of Shadows (Shakespeare).
Cast Album:
A Tale of Cinderella (Peliculo) W.A. Frankonis, Will Severin, George David Weiss; Warner/ Chapelle Music
Audio Books/ Awards:
Original Work King of Shadows 2006 Audie Award Nomination, Children’s Work. 2006 Independent Publishers Association, Finalist Ben Franklin Award The Killings Tale 2005 Best Books Award, USA Book News 2004 Audie Award Winner The Snow Queen 2005 Finalist, Best Book award, USA Books 2002 Ben Franklin Award 2001 Forward Magazine, Finalist, Book of the Year 1999 AudioFile Magazine, A Tale of Cinderella 2003 AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award Winner A Little Princess 1999 Audie Award Nomination
David Bunce 