COASTE | ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
for the Rep, as she convinced the company to hire Brendan to fill the role for the next performance. And thus, they began to live happily ever after. A graduate of the University of Alabama- Birmingham with a theatre degree, Rachel found her way to Southwest Florida via stops including Louisville,
first gig was on stage, he shortly thereafter landed a production in Buffalo and made a reconnection with someone from his alma mater, Niagara University—whereupon completion of the show’s run, he wound up (“believe me, it’s a long story”) becoming artistic director of the theatre studies
program. But five years later in 2007, the itch to act was too much to resist, so without a plan, he quit his job and started looking for work. “I went four or five months and couldn’t get anything,”
“We’d rather be working actors than waiting actors, so we gladly performed wherever the opportunity was.”
New York City and tiny St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. “I did some shows off Broadway, auditioned a lot, but I didn’t spend enough time
in New York,” she says. “We’d rather be working actors than waiting actors, so we gladly performed wherever the opportunity was.” Eventually, she landed the job of company manager of the Rep in 2002, also performing in three shows that season. Originally from Boston, Brendan holds both a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree and Master’s Degree in English (with a focus on theatre). While his
he said.
But then, along came Florida Rep — and Rachel Burttram — in 2007. Three years later, moves to Boston and Ithaca, where they played everywhere the work took them in the Northeast, then back to Fort Myers. Eventually in 2013, they were married in the ArtStage at the Theatre, once the rehearsal hall where they met.
Swe e p i n g G u l f V i ew s • E n d l e s s Wh i t e - S a n d B e a c h e s C a l m i n g Ha mmo c k s • B e a c h f r o n t S u i t e s Rom a n t i c G o u r me t D i n i n g 2 2 5 5 We s t Gu l f Dr i v e • S a n i b e l , F l o r i d a 3 3 9 5 7 (239) 472-3145 CA SAYB E L R E SORT. COM
10
Made with FlippingBook - Online Brochure Maker