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Brent Deekens is an actor, singer, playwright, and occasional director/dancer. Brent's play The Currency premiered Off-Off-Broadway in 2015, and he continues to write for future projects. In addition to his theatre and occasional film/television credits, Brent's professional life assumes a variety of vigorous, cross-country positions which include (but are not limited to) data processing, transcription, copyediting, professional recruitment, location scouting, marketing, photography, video editing, dramaturgy, professional writing, and dabbling in the visual arts. Brent was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia where he remains a conscientious participant of the local arts' community amongst many irreplaceable friends.
BWW Review: TOMFOOLERY at the SWIFT CREEK MILL THEATRE: Sidesplitting and Resonating
August 1, 2018
August 1, 2018
Plays through the 18th of August, 2018
BWW Review: AS YOU LIKE IT at Quill Theatre: A Rousing Conclusion to Richmond's 20th Annual Shakespeare Festival
July 17, 2018
July 17, 2018
Plays through the 29th of July, 2018
BWW Review: GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES at TheatreLAB: A Therapy Session Onstage... Of Sorts...
June 12, 2018
June 12, 2018
Plays at TheatreLAB through June the 23rd, 2018
BWW Review: TOPDOG/UNDERDOG at TheatreLAB: A Powerful Portrayal of the Human Dynamic
June 6, 2018
June 6, 2018
Plays Through June the 9th, 2018
BWW Review: ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID at the SWIFT CREEK MILL THEATRE: Situational Fun with Laughs and Heart
June 3, 2018
June 3, 2018
Plays Through June the 30th, 2018
BWW Review: PRELUDES at Firehouse Theatre: The Artist's Journey...
May 27, 2018
May 27, 2018
Plays Through June the 10th, 2018 at the Firehouse Theatre
BWW Review: RENT, THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR at ALTRIA THEATRE
April 28, 2018
April 28, 2018
Plays Through The 29th of April, 2018
BWW Review: MOTH at TheatreLAB: A Taut Teenage Nightmare
April 23, 2018
April 23, 2018
Declan Greene's MOTH is an 'in-yer-face' allegory that covers the sullen travails of two hopeless teenagers who just can't seem to find an adequate niche in school or, indeed, within the limits of their own lives.
BWW Review: ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT'S END at the Hanover Tavern: Her Hilarious Observations Still Merit Attention (And Gasping Guffaws) After All Of These Years...
April 18, 2018
April 18, 2018
Plays Through The 29th of April, 2018
BWW Review: AN OAK TREE at Firehouse Theatre: Limitless Textual Interpretations Grounded By A Faultless Production
April 10, 2018
April 10, 2018
Plays Through April 14th
BWW Review: I AM MY OWN WIFE at the RICHMOND TRIANGLE PLAYERS & 5TH WALL THEATRE: An Ominous (And Riveting) Trip Down Memory Lane…
March 15, 2018
March 15, 2018
It plays through the 17th of March!
BWW Review: DAMES AT SEA at SWIFT CREEK MILL THEATRE: As Cutely-Camp As Can Be!
March 13, 2018
March 13, 2018
Plays Through May 5th, 2018
BWW Review: WINGS THE MUSICAL at Firehouse Theatre Pensively Soars
March 6, 2018
March 6, 2018
Plays Through March 10th
BWW Review: JOHN & JEN at HATTheatre: A Family-Friendly Charmer
March 6, 2018
March 6, 2018
Plays Through March 17th
BWW Review: CABARET at Altria Theatre
February 24, 2018
February 24, 2018
I believe that I can safely attest that this particular revival of CABARET, which met its incipience with the Donmar Warehouse production in London way back in 1993, bears the graces of a masterwork that has stood the test of time.
BWW Previews: BRIGHT HALF LIFE at TheatreLAB: A Behind-the-Scenes Commentary
February 15, 2018
February 15, 2018
Amid the ever-random fronts of varying warm and cold weather patterns, I was fortunate enough one recent, blustery evening to be invited by director Mess Rayford and her small but dexterous team of performers and technical aides to a preview-performance of the Cellar Series' latest theatrical outing, BRIGHT HALF LIFE.
BWW Review: Swift Creek Mill's ALL MY SONS: A Haunting Glimpse at an 'American Dream' Gone Awry
February 15, 2018
February 15, 2018
I must preface this article to indicate that as much as I found this production of ALL MY SONS to be beguiling and devastatingly gripping, I found myself thinking, 'Wow, people just don't talk this way anymore. In fact, they really don't act this way anyone, either.' The play was written and set in 1947.
BWW Feature: WINGS: THE MUSICAL at Firehouse Theatre
February 7, 2018
February 7, 2018
WINGS at the Firehouse Theatre plays from Thursday, February 15th to Saturday, March 10th
BWW Review: TheatreLAB's I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU SO HARD: Bare Bones, Metaphysical Theatre
February 7, 2018
February 7, 2018
I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU SO HARD is a theatrical piece... about creating theatrical pieces.
BWW Review: Swift Creek Mill Theatre's THE ANDREWS BROTHERS: Non-Stop Nostalgia at its Best
December 21, 2017
December 21, 2017
In a swingin' cavalcade of big band excitement, director Tom Width and his sterling team of singer-actors, musicians and technicians have packed a real red, white and blue wallop!
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