Mad Cow Theatre

The Resident Artists

 

William Elliott  has designed over 75 productions during his career and many of them in the Central Florida area. They include: The Sisters Rosensweig, The Nerd, West Side Story, Dames At Sea and Road To Mecca at the Civic Theatres; Hansel and Gretel, The Queen of Spades and Man of La Mancha at Orlando Opera Company and I Hate Hamlet, Move Over Mrs. Markham; and In The Well of the House at The University of Central Florida. His credits with Mad Cow Theatre include: Fool for Love, Blithe Spirit, Desdemona, Burn This, The Glass Menagerie, The Cherry Orchard, Crimes of the Heart and The Odd Couple. He has designed not only for theatre and opera, but television, film corporate productions and theme parks. Mr. Elliott is very happy to be working with Mad Cow and considers it an honor and privilege to be working with such incredibly talented people. He teaches stage design at Stetson University.


Rick Stanley is an actor, writer, director and teacher. After a
twenty-year career in theatre and as an award winning cabaret artist in New York City, Rick returned to his native Orlando Florida where his is now Resident Artist with Mad Cow Theatre Company. Mad Cow audiences will remember his performances as Charles in Blithe Spirit, as Miles in The Turn of the Screw, as Oscar Wilde in Rick's original play Wilde on Wilde, as Gayev in The Cherry Orchard, and as Felix Ungar in The Odd Couple. Rick also directed Mad Cow's production of Eugene Ionesco's absurdist classic The  Chairs. Rick has been featured in hundreds of national TV commercials and he starred in the Emmy award winning PBS children's television show "The Reppies." Other TV appearances include guest-starring roles on Nickleodeon's "All That", "Keenan and Kel", and "The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo". Rick also teaches acting for Mad Cow Theatre.

Trudy Bruner is a founding member of Mad Cow and continues a life-long dedication to theatre, the arts and literature. Trudy has earned multiple degrees in Theatre, Drama, Speech and English including an MFA from the University of Georgia. As the Director of Theatre for Young People at the Civic Theatres of Central Florida, she guided and produced several seasons of productions serving thousands of children in the Central Florida area. Trudy also wrote and adapted works for The Civic and as their Director of Acting Studio managed a year round theatre school offering classes and workshops for children and adults in the dramatic arts. Her experience guiding young people is known to many in the community from her many years as a beloved drama teacher at Park Maitland School and now continues at Lake Highland. As Co-Artistic Director of Mad Cow Theatre Trudy has directed a body of critically acclaimed work including Burn This, Fool for Love, On the Verge, Speed The Plow and The Glass Menagerie. Her acting credits include Steel Magnolias, Betrayal, Blithe Spirit, The Rainmaker and The Lion in Winter in theatres located around the country. She has also directed for Seminole Community College and The Civic such works as The Real Inspector Hound, After Magritte, The Miss Firecracker Contest, The Miracle Worker, My Children, My Africa! and The Secret Garden. Trudy was recently recognized by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts for her exceptional work with students and teaches at Lake Highland.