A thirty-year+ resident of Elko, Frank L. Sawyer graduated from Elko High School, in 1984, and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theater from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1989. A veteran of nearly 100 productions, he has worked with such groups as the Nevada Repertory Company, Ruby Mountain Symphony, Nevada Children’s Theater, Pioneer Lab Theater, Dr. Morpheus’ Theater of the Dead, Great Basin College Theater, Elko Overland Stage Theatre Company, Ghost Light Productions, Area 52 Productions, CCE Little Theater, and Silver Stage Players.
"I started thinking of doing Shakespeare outdoors in a small setting after I directed Lysistrata in the Great Basin College amphitheater. In 2011, during a conversation with Duncan LittleCreek Gallery’s Jacques Errecart, Joan and Jennifer Anderson, I mentioned the idea, and they asked if the show could be staged in their backyard. I thought this was wonderful synergy of the Bard, a beautiful outdoor setting, and the artsy atmosphere of DLC. One of my best friends, actor Heidi DuSoleil, came up with the title, Bard in the Yard. And now we're on our fourth one!"
"Playing outdoors in this unique environment will be an amazing experience for our audience, actors, and technicians."
“It is an honor to partner with Duncan LittleCreek Gallery and the Silver Stage Players! We could not do this project without their generous support!"
Mr. Sawyer has directed such shows as Poe & Pints, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Last U.S. Mail Stage Robbery (2010, 2014), War of the Worlds, Talk Radio, Bringing It All Back Home, Seascape with Sharks and Dancer, I Do! I Do!, Much Ado About Nothing, and Lysistrata, among others. Frank has appeared on stage in The Trial, Antigone, Damn Yankees, The Music Man, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Bard in the Yard II, Escape from Tonopah, A Christmas Carol, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Tom Sawyer’s Saturday with the Ruby Mountain Symphony, The Reluctant Doctor, The Trial of Ebeneezer Scrooge, Poe & Pints, The Vagina Monologues, and Glengarry Glen Ross among others. Frank is a past four term SSP Chairman, SSP Life-Member honoree, served on the Elko City Arts and Cultural Advisory Board, and has served on the GBC Arts and Cultural Enrichment (ACE) committee and the GBC National Endowment of the Humanities Grant Committee for the past two years. Frank is a long time community volunteer, is currently employed at GBC as the school’s web designer, and makes his home in Elko with family and theatre puppy Starbuck.
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