Andy Kirtland
Actor | Director | Coach
Renaissance Man
Current projects:
I will direct There's a Leprechaun Now, an adult comedy by Brian Knavish for Throughline Theatre,
16 March at the Greer Cabaret Loung
recent projects:
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Director, NRTC) Bristbugh Festival 2025 in Verona, PA
"...kirtland's bottom stole the show..."
-Stephanie C. Peters, MadShakespeare.com
Since 2002 Andy has performed across the country with a focus on classical theatre. Currently based in Pittsburgh he co-founded The New Renaissance Theatre Company and has worked with a number of local companies.
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With NRTC, he has focused on developing and teaching the Unrehearsed Cue Script Technique: an historically informed practice based upon the working conditions of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Click here to follow all of the work being done at NRTC.
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"Andy Kirtland's Theseus was grounded and stately, his Oberon capable of a supernatural gravitas."
-Mathew Barbot, PlayShakespeare.com
"Andy Kirtland gives a heartfelt performance..."
-Mike Giuliano, Howard County Times
