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Paul Bedard is a Hartford-born, New York City-based theater director committed to the constant questioning of individual and collective identities through performance.
After attending NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Paul and collaborator Katie Palmer founded Theater in Asylum (TIA), an ensemble-driven company which strives to use theater as a means of providing asylum to characters and subjects in need. With the company Paul led the creation process for works including Totally Wholesome Foods, ¡Olé!, and The Debates. The Hartford Courant praised this touring adaptation of the 2016 Presidential Debates as being "forthright, in-your-face, up-to-the-minute."
Paul served as a Drama League directing fellow, directing Jean Cocteau's The Infernal Machine and Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's The Emperor's New Clothes at Ithaca's Hangar Theatre. He has directed shows for The United Solo Festival; The Prague, Chicago, Portland, and Rochester Fringe Festivals; The Hartford Carriage House Theater; Columbia University and the University of New Mexico.
Beyond directing, Paul has worked and performed with The Bread and Puppet Theater. He admires heroes past including Hallie Flanagan and Bertolt Brecht. He is a passionate reader, student, and activist, frequently organizing with The Democratic Socialists of America.
After attending NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Paul and collaborator Katie Palmer founded Theater in Asylum (TIA), an ensemble-driven company which strives to use theater as a means of providing asylum to characters and subjects in need. With the company Paul led the creation process for works including Totally Wholesome Foods, ¡Olé!, and The Debates. The Hartford Courant praised this touring adaptation of the 2016 Presidential Debates as being "forthright, in-your-face, up-to-the-minute."
Paul served as a Drama League directing fellow, directing Jean Cocteau's The Infernal Machine and Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's The Emperor's New Clothes at Ithaca's Hangar Theatre. He has directed shows for The United Solo Festival; The Prague, Chicago, Portland, and Rochester Fringe Festivals; The Hartford Carriage House Theater; Columbia University and the University of New Mexico.
Beyond directing, Paul has worked and performed with The Bread and Puppet Theater. He admires heroes past including Hallie Flanagan and Bertolt Brecht. He is a passionate reader, student, and activist, frequently organizing with The Democratic Socialists of America.