BRIAN TIBAYAN

Brian is a first year PhD student in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Idaho. His research interests are in applied theatre and science communication. He also has a Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre, specializing in Performance from the same university.  

He recently appeared in Newsies The Broadway Musical (2021) as Joseph Pulitzer for the Troy Community Theatre. He played Sir Edward Clarke in Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (2021) in a University of Idaho Theatre production. 

In 2020, he was a finalist in the Musical Theatre Scholarship Auditions at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 7 (KCACTF7) in Fort Collins, Colorado. In addition, he performed in a stage reading of Aloha, Hawai’i: A Historical Untelling at the said festival. 

In 2019, he played Mr. John Brooke in Little Women The Musical. He worked with renowned artists Michael Legg, Marti Lyons, Mark Twain Award winner Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin and Pulitzer award-winning playwright Martyna Majok at the Montana Repertory Theatre for the new play workshops of The Bakunawa (formerly Butter Knife) and Sanctuary City.

He served as marketing lead and understudy for Moscow Art Theatre (Too)’s summer presentation of The Pillowman (2019). His work in the world premieres of The Three Keys of Captain Hellfire (2019) and The Last Mother In The House Of Chavis (2018) earned him Irene Ryan Scholarship nominations. He later went on to compete in the Irene Ryan Rounds at KCACTF7.

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Before coming to the US, he was already performing in various theatre productions in the Philippines, namely: Tisoy Brown: Hari ng Wala (King of Nothing), King Lear/Haring Lear, Duchess of Malfi/Dukesa ng Malfi, House of Candles, Rivalry the Musical, Fake and Ermita Quartet’s Salarin (Condemned).

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Brian is also a videographer, director and editor. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Communication at the University of the Philippines. He was as a radio announcer, a writer for television, radio and the web; station voice over for Fox International Channels (Southeast Asia) and TV5 Philippines; and a university lecturer. He has also spearheaded creative teams in the IT industry.