Bonnie Dolan

Bonnie Dolan (she/her) is a Los Angeles-based artist, director, musician, intimacy coordinator, and creative producer who specializes in Viewpoints and devised theatre. Bonnie is a founding ensemble member and the co-artistic director of devised theatre company Contigo Theatre Company, whose goal is to bring underrepresented stories to the stage. She thinks of herself as somewhat of a devising midwife, having collaborated with many companies of actors to bring their stories from ideation to production.

Bonnie is an alum of the B.A. Acting Performance program at CSULB, having performed in several productions with California Repertory Company and the student-run company Theatre Threshold during her time. She served as assistant director and collaborator of Dreamers: Aquí y Allá (California Repertory), heralded by OC Weekly as the Best Play of 2018.

Other select directing credits include Uncle Vanya, She Kills Monsters, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, The Odd Couple: Female Version, Party of Twelve (Irvine Valley College), Generation XYZ (Long Beach Playhouse), and thing with feathers (asst. director/Women’s Theatre Festival). Bonnie has also directed new media commercials for Sylvania. As a performer, Bonnie has worked with South Coast Symphony and Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, originated the role of Rover in Rover the Bear, and has appeared in commercials and performed on stages across the country.

She is a member of the lecturer faculty of the Theater Arts department at both California State University, Long Beach and Irvine Valley College, and teaches Viewpoints with Alexandra Billings at University of Southern California. She is currently working on both Into the Woods and The Tempest at IVC, serving as their Intimacy Coordinator.