Tony Nominee Bryce Pinkham to Perform at Boston College, 3/23

Acclaimed Broadway actor and 2005 Boston College alumnus Bryce Pinkham will return to BC's Robsham Theater Arts Center mainstage for a Theatre Department event on March 23 at 7 p.m.

Pinkham, who earned a Tony nomination for his starring role in the Broadway production of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, will present the second annual lecture in the Matthew R. DeVoy and John H. DeVoy IV Perspectives on Theatre Series.

His talk, "From BC to Broadway," will address the life and career of a Broadway actor and the importance of creating educational and social change through the arts.

"Bryce Pinkham is a gifted artist and devoted humanitarian," said BC Theatre Department Chair and Associate Professor Crystal Tiala. "At the stage door after a performance of 'A Gentleman's Guide,' Bryce not only took the time to greet his fans but also made his way through the crowd to give special attention to a child in a wheelchair sitting on the sidelines. That is how I always picture Bryce: a beautiful mix of talent, kindness, and joy. It is that model I hope our students will follow."

Singled out for praise in many reviews of the critically lauded "A Gentleman's Guide," The Hollywood Reporter said: "The invaluable Bryce Pinkham emerges as a terrific musical-comedy Leading Man!"

He is now playing the role of Peter Patrone in the first revival of The Heidi Chronicles - which is in Broadway previews prior to its March 19 opening night - alongside "Mad Men" star and Golden Globe-winner Elizabeth Moss.

Pinkham's acting credits include the original Broadway cast of Ghost: The Musical in 2012 and Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson (2010, debut). He has performed at Lincoln Center Theatre, the Guthrie Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage, and Williamstown Theatre Festival, as well as in Shakespeare in the Park's Love's Labour's Lost (2013). He has also been seen on television in episodes of The Good Wife and Person of Interest. In the past six years he has shared various New York stages with the likes of six-time Tony Winner Audra McDonald, five-time Tony nominee Keli O'Hara, Oscar winner Anne Hathaway, and three-time Tony nominee Kate Burton. He is also a faculty member at New York University's Meisner Studio.

In addition to his rigorous performance schedule, Pinkham works on a number of art and social responsibility projects. He currently serves as the Executive Director of Zara Aina (a Malagasy phrase that means "share life"), a company he co-founded in 2012 with fellow Broadway actor, Lucas Caleb Rooney, to help children in developing countries expand their capacity for achievement through theatrical performance and storytelling.

He is also a recurrent collaborator with Outside the Wire, a theater company that uses performance and a variety of other media to address public health and social issues, such as combat-related psychological injury, prison reform and domestic violence. Recent projects with Outside the Wire have been in Kuwait, Guantanamo Bay, and Japan.

A BC alumnus in the Communication and Theatre department's class of 2005, Pinkham went on to earn his MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama and soon after graduating, was identified by the Leonore Annenberg Foundation as one of only a few "exceptionally talented" actors and was awarded the prestigious and highly selective Leonore Annenberg Fellowship for the Performing and Visual Arts (2012). Up to 10 Arts Fellows are selected each year with the goal of helping individuals in their early career become successful so they may someday serve as leaders in their field.

Pinkham's March 23 Boston College event - which was postponed from last November due to his appearance at the famed Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - is free and open to the public.
Organizers request advance RSVPs at http://bit.ly/1935zHa.