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Craig Brauner is a theatre artist and educator who’s called Central Oregon home since 2018. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, he has starred in over 80 productions across the country with prominent regional theatres as well as numerous workshops, readings and devised pieces. He obtained his MFA in Acting from the University of California-Irvine and BFA from the University of Evansville. He is a proud Founding Member and current President of Ellipse Theatre Community, a 501(c)(3) arts and education non-profit located in Central Oregon.

In this Bend Don’t Break podcast we chat with Brauner about the theatre’s current production, “Fun Home,” about its Pride Month events, called Project Pride, and what the future holds for Central Oregon theatre.

Listen now:

This article appears in Source Weekly June 8, 2023.

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LISTEN: Creating a Theatre Community with Craig Brauner 🎧

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
June 8, 2023

<h1>LISTEN: Creating a Theatre Community with Craig Brauner 🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />June 8, 2023</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full alignright alignright"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/bend-dont-break-podcast-craig-brauner-e1754334165277.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/bend-dont-break-podcast-craig-brauner-e1754334165277.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-48003" /></a></figure> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">C</span>raig Brauner is a theatre artist and educator who's called Central Oregon home since 2018. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, he has starred in over 80 productions across the country with prominent regional theatres as well as numerous workshops, readings and devised pieces. He obtained his MFA in Acting from the University of California-Irvine and BFA from the University of Evansville. He is a proud Founding Member and current President of <a href="https://www.etcbend.org/" target="_blank">Ellipse Theatre Community</a>, a 501(c)(3) arts and education non-profit located in Central Oregon.</p> <p>In this Bend Don't Break podcast we chat with Brauner about the theatre's current production, "Fun Home," about its Pride Month events, called <a href="https://www.etcbend.org/projectpride" target="_blank">Project Pride</a>, and what the future holds for Central Oregon theatre. </p> <p> <b><i>Listen now: </i></b></p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> <div style="font-size: 10px;color: #cccccc;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396" title="Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396/creating-a-theatre-community-with-craig-brauner" title="Creating a Theatre Community with Craig Brauner" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Creating a Theatre Community with Craig Brauner</a></div> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-creating-a-theatre-community-with-craig-brauner-19297894/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=47998&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-creating-a-theatre-community-with-craig-brauner-19297894/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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