Biography

​Brian Massman, aka Mass Man, is an actor, an educator, a filmmaker, a musician and a digital artist.  He currently lives in Helena, Montana, having recently moved here from Albany, NY where he taught acting, filmmaking, film theory, writing and public speaking at Siena College and Schenectady County Community College. He also works periodically as a professional stage actor in an assortment of regional theatres.  Brian specializes in video projections for live performance: theatre, music, gallery installations and multimedia events.  He is the creator of TVI, a one-man television variety show which aired in his home state of Montana, IN SEARCH OF HENRY HUDSON, a documentary film following a historical search for the possible last resting place of the famed explorer  and BUILDING BENEDICTUS, a documentary film which chronicled the creation of BENEDICTUS an Iran/Israel/U.S theatrical collaboration.

Theatre Acting (Partial List)

Macabre Music                            The Host                  Musicians of Ma'alwyck                 Brian Massman

The Poor Soldier (Comic Opera)    Captain Fitzroy         Musicians of Ma’alwyck                 Sandra Boynton
Noises Off                                   Lloyd Dallas             Cohoes Music Hall                        Jim Charles
General Desdemona                     General Worth          Proctors Theatre                           Kevin Maguire
M. Butterfly                                 Toulon                     Capital Repertory Theatre               Nick Mangano
A Wedding Story                          Peter                       Stageworks/Hudson                       Laura Margolis
The Crucible                                Hathorne                  Capital Repertory Theatre               Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill
My Fair Lady                               Alfred P. Doolittle      Alpine Theatre Project                   Luke Walrath
Pirates of Penzance                     Maj. Gen. Stanley     Missoula Childrens Theatre            Jim Caron
Dracula                                       Count Dracula           Philipsburg Opera House               Angela Rinaldi
The Diary of Anne Frank               Mr. Dussel               Montana Rep (National Tour)          James Kriley
Sherlock, Is That You?                 Dr. Watson               Vigilante Theatre Co.                    Bruce Hurlbut
Macbeth                                      Porter                      MT Shakespeare in the Parks        Joel Jahnke
As You Like It                              Jaques                    MT Shakespeare in the Parks        Doug McIntyre      
Tom Foolery                                Self/Singer               Missoula Childrens Theatre           Don Kukla
Of Mice and Men                         Lenny                       Grandstreet Theatre                     Don McLaughlin
Frankenstein                               The Creature             Grandstreet Theatre                     Don McLaughlin