Biography
Bryan currently serves as an Assistant Director in the School of Theatre and Dance at East Carolina University. He is an associate professor and teaches courses in musical theatre, directing, and acting. Bryan has spent much of his professional directing career working in regional and educational theatre.
At ECU/Loessin Playhouse his directing credits include Sweeney Todd, Company, Pride and Prejudice, Bright Star, Songs for a New World, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Young Frankenstein, and Into the Woods, which was used as the production for the school’s NAST reaccreditation.
Bryan served as the interim Artistic Director at Cape Fear Regional Theatre. At CFRT he produced The Little Mermaid, a collaboration between Melissa Rain Anderson and 2 Ring Circus; Intimate Apparel, directed by Khanisha Foster, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, and Caroline; Or Change which he also directed.
Before that, Bryan served as artistic associate at Triad Stage for five seasons where he directed The Mystery of Irma Vep, Deathtrap, Dirty Blonde, Pump Boys and Dinettes, A Christmas Carol, My Fair Lady; tick, tick . . . BOOM! and Billy Bishop Goes to War. He has also directed at several venues in NC and some favorite credits include Godspell (Guilford College), Into the Woods (UNCG), and Souvenir (Paper Lantern Theatre Company).
Bryan has his BA in theatre arts from Indiana University Northwest and his MFA in directing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has served as adjunct faculty at of the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro College, Elon University, and Guilford College.
“Successfully scaring someone is a science and an art; it takes a precise manipulation of lighting, sound and suspense to create a feeling of uneasiness. Triad Stage [Bryan Conger] capitalized on all three key components to artfully craft their scare tactic during its opening performance of Deathtrap.”