Bill Gardiner

Bill has been acting professional in the Boston Area Theatre Community for nearly forty years. He has worked with many boston theatres including; Wheelock Family Theatre, New Repertory Co, Actor’s Shakespeare Project, Gloucester Stage Co, The Publick Theatre and North Shore Music Theatre. Bill also toured New England with many educational theatre companies such as; City Stage Company, Boston Arts Group, Loon and Heron Theatre and Tempest Productions. His Industrial film credits include Boston Herald, Dunkin Donuts, Allmerica Insurance, Franco-American and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. For over six years Bill was part of the Science Theatre Company at Boston’s Museum of Science, performing in science related plays, and writing / performing both in-house and traveling demonstrations.  For over a dozen years, Bill toured Renaissance Festivals, in New England and the Midwest, with an original stage act called The Singing Gravediggers present: the Paupers’ Funeral and Happy Hour. He also spent nearly twenty years at Boston’s legendary Medieval Manor, where he performed as the King, Oaf and Jester. Bill has taught acting at the Actor’s Workshop, the Young Company of the Publick Theatre, American Stage Festival, Summer Theatre Institute of BU and BU’s School of Theatre.  He graduated from Boston University, summa cum laude, with a BFA in Theatre Arts and a Masters in Theatre Education. He still holds his Equity card and performs regularly in the Boston area.