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A native of Troy, David is proud to serve as the Artistic Director for the Troy Foundry Theatre. David made his bones as an actor and teaching artist for many years with the troy-based New York State Theatre Institute. Currently, David is an Associate Artistic Director with the Saratoga Shakespeare Company, having directed their critically acclaimed productions of Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth and The Merry Wives of Windsor. David has also worked extensively with The Rep in several capacities, most recently Assistant Directing Gordon Greenberg (and appearing) for their acclaimed production of The Blue-Sky Boys. David is also an accomplished vocalist, spending several seasons moonlighting as a swing for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Most recent directing credits include: Macbeth 2117 (Perry-Mansfield), Endgame (Siena College), The Birthday Party (Theatre Voices). Other favorites: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Philly Fringe); Marcus, or the Secret of Sweet (Temple Theatres); Death in the Making and A Clean House (MFA Playfest, Temple U); Cloud 9 (Temple); The Hothouse and A Steady Rain (Theatre Voices); Waiting for Lefty (Union College). Acting, Regional: Malvolio, Twelfth Night; Louis DeRougemont, Shipwrecked!; Costard, Love’s Labour’s Lost; Launcelot Gobbo, The Merchant of Venice (Saratoga Shakespeare Company). Captain Hook Peter Pan the Musical (TIS), Freddie Malins James Joyce’s The Dead (Cap Rep), Phaeton Metamorphoses (Cap Rep), Rutledge 1776 (NYSTI), Curley Of Mice and Men (NYSTI), The Reporter Orphan Train, Petruchio Taming of the Shrew (TCHH) The Soldier Reunion (NYSTI).

David is currently an adjunct professor with Union College, Siena College and Rowan University, as well as a teaching artist for the Brooklyn-based Stages on the Sound and Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School in Colorado. David is a Proud Member of Actors Equity Association. MFA in Directing, Temple University. www.davidmgirard.com