Casey Bradley (they/she) is a queer Australian-born actor, director and writer based in Brooklyn, New York with an international career.
Casey is a part of the LAByrinth Theater’s Intensive Ensemble (‘25), a Member of the Directors Unit (DU) and the Playwright/Director Workshop (PDW) and a seven-time renewed Acting Finalist at The Actors Studio. Casey is an alumni of the Actors Studio Drama School (MFA Acting), the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (Gold Certificate: Shakespeare), and the University of Melbourne (BA Arts - Theatre Studies and Creative Writing). Casey is a member of Actors Equity (AEA and MEAA) and is a US Green Card holder.
Casey is passionate about great writing, both classical and contemporary, and working with embodied actors with truth at the centre of their work. Casey is committed to telling stories that reflect the world we live in with a particular interest in the representation of queer, female, diverse, and international (Australian!) stories, that are not centred on trauma.
Casey’s training is in both classical technique, with a strong focus on Shakespeare and Early Modern plays, and contemporary technique per Lee Strasberg, Konstantin Stanislavski, Yevgeny Vakhtangov, and Kristin Linklater.
In addition to her work as an actor, director, and writer, Casey has worked in the Arts for 20+ years in a wide variety of positions including producer (Prospect NY), artistic director (MU Shakespeare in Australia), Development for Broadway (The Roundabout Theatre) and Off-Broadway theatres (The Barrow Group), and as a theatre professor (Theatre & Speech Department at City College). Casey has produced several independent short films, commercials and music videos in New York with Prospect NY. In 2011, Casey was named an inaugural Youth Ambassador by the state theatre company, Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC).
In her spare time, Casey enjoys doing CrossFit, playing guitar, spending time with friends and family, camping and hiking, biking to parks to read, trying restaurants across the city, organising her elaborate Google Calendar, reading five different books at the same time, and taking care of several houseplants. Casey is a loyal and caring sister, friend, partner, and colleague.
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Notable film and television roles include recurring roles on HBO’s Winning Time (Adam McKay) and HBO’s Shadows of Death, costars on TheRise of Wall Street (Curiosity Stream) and Australia’s Skithouse (Network10), and is the lead in the award winning independent film Another Round (Weve TV).
New York theatre credits include Through the Cracks (HERE Arts Center), Ivy Walls (3 Legged Dog), Boeing Boeing (3 Legged Dog)with an extended regional season atBreckenridge Backstage Theatre Company (CO), as well as developmental readings at The New Group (No Limits Reading Series) and The Actors Studio (On The Fly Festival).
Casey’s classical theatre repertoire is extensive, including As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Nights Dream with the Australian Shakespeare Company, and a repertory season of Coriolanus, Midsummer Nights Dream, and Titus Andronicus for Shakespeare in the Woods (VT).
Casey has also featured in various commercial work for brands including Toyota and Balcoltra.
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Select directing credits include The Poet (Secret Theater), Stuck With Fred (AMT Theatre), The Last Out Gate (Teatro LATEA) *upcoming; Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice (MU Shakespeare Company); Hotel (Until Monstrous); and Antigone, A Christmas Carol, and Tom Sawyer (CMTC). Casey was assistant director to Anne-Louise Sarks and Susanna Dowling for the National Play Festival - Departures at the Malthouse Theatre for Playwriting Australia.
In 2010, Casey was appointed an inaugural Melbourne Theatre Company Youth Ambassador.
Casey was the Artistic Director of MU Shakespeare Company from 2011-2014, where she directed several Shakespearean productions.
“Case exudes empathy, making her not only a deeply emotionally in touch artist, but also a kind, warm presence in the rehearsal room. She is a fantastic ensemble member - a true team player who knows when and how to support her cast mates as well as when to step up and be a creative leader. She brings her whole self to the work and has a multitude of talents at her ready… she embodies the word “multi-disciplinary” gliding between acting, directing, writing, and producing with ease. Her unique presence both on and offstage would be an asset to any creative space.”
-Maddie Barr, LAByrinth Theatre Company