Leopold Grierson

Leo Grierson is a multimedia theatre artist from Southern Oregon. Their research centers around digital integration into live performance. In their work, they use projections, social media, motion capture and more to explore themes of identity and technology and the political implications of digital and physical interactions in theatrical space.  

Credits include: Rainbow Bridge (Interrobang Festival, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center), Bridging Turtle Island (ITM), Can You Help Me Decipher Barbara Walters’ Handwriting? (I think she was having an affair with my Grandfather) (The Tank, NYC), Playing Wolves (Auckland Pride Festival, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Andy’s Summer Playhouse, Jim Henson Awards), For the Fish (The Cell Residency Program), Babies on the Street (The Brick Theater), Men with Podcasts (Maya Brin Institute Workshop), Metamorphoses, Men on Boats, Faculty Dance Concert (University of Maryland) Mini Musical Festival, Giant Slalom (Andy’s Summer Playhouse), Cabin 12 (New American Theatre Festival, Fresno Rogue Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Midnight Project, Oregon Fringe Festival), The American Girl Cycle, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Oregon Fringe Festival), Horse Girls, Dry Land (Southern Oregon University) 

Leo Grierson has a BFA in Acting from Southern Oregon University, and an MFA in Theatre from University of Maryland. 

Courses Taught: 

• Fundamentals of Acting 
• Core 001: The Politics and Play of Simulation 
• Transmedia and Producing 
• Special Topics: Digital Performance