Bryan Lelek

Bryan is a community actor in the Nashville Theater Community. He currently holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Education from Middle Tennessee State University, holds an active Tennessee Teaching License, and is an active participant in the Nashville theater community. A former Band Director at DuPont Tyler Middle School in Nashville, Bryan is reconnecting with his theatrical talents since leaving the position in June of 2014. Bryan is a youthful appearing middle-aged actor who has been in shows with several Nashville theater companies including MTSU Theater, Hendersonville Performing Arts Company, ACT 1, Circle Players, and recently the Larry Keeton Theater.

Bryan took 4 years of theater in High School, at Big Spring High School in Big Spring, TX. There he honed his technical skills at lighting, sound, and set building. He appeared in a couple of productions his senior year, 1995.
From there he moved on to theater classes at Howard Junior College, also in Big Spring, where he was cast in minor roles in a few more productions including one of his favorites, "The Foreigner". After 1997, Bryan took a hiatus from theater that lasted until 2004, when he was cast as the co-lead role of Oscar in Michael McFadden's original work, "Ain't We Got Fun." The production ran briefly as a workshop production at the now defunct Chute nightclub in Nashville. A year later he was asked to reprise the role for "The Fresh Fruit Festival" in New York. The show ran for approximately a week at the now defunct Blue Heron Arts Center in Manhattan.
After the 2005 excursion, Bryan returned to school to get his degree. It was to be another hiatus until the summer of 2014. After seeing Music City Theater's "Casey Stampfield" and HPAC's "Charlie & The Chocolate Factory" Bryan became inspired to make a return to the stage. He did so by joining the cast of HPAC's "A Chorus Line" as a cut dancer/stage hand.
Since 2014, Bryan has appeared in HPAC's "A Christmas Carol: The Musical" and "Les Miserables", ACT 1's "Lilies", and most recently Circle Players' "American Idiot." He will be joining the Larry Keeton Theater's production of "A 1940's Radio Christmas Carol" in December of 2015.