H. Russ Brown is making his HGO debut as fight director in Il trovatore, Cinderella, Family Day Presents La bohème and West Side Story. Elsewhere this 2024-25 season, Brown’s engagements include the world premiere of his original farce, Funny Boned, at COM Theatre as well as fight direction duties for Esther at A.D. Players and Private Lives at The Alley Theatre. His theatrical credits include The Three Musketeers at The Alley Theatre; Return of Neverland with Quest Theatre Ensemble in Chicago; Hamlet with Trama Theatre Company; Ruby Nelle at York Theatre; Dead Man Walking with Northwestern Opera; Romeo and Juliet at Iowa State University; Macbeth at Tyler Junior College; Run for Your Wife at Maples Repertory Theatre; Newsies with Stratford High School Players; Moon Over Buffalo at Lon Morris College; Sweeney Todd and Jekyll & Hyde with Columbia Entertainment Company; The Fantasticks and Oklahoma! at Lon Morris College; Julius Caesar, The Pirates of Penzance, and Aida at UW-Stevens Point; I Hate Hamlet at Nicolet College; and Burning The Saint at UMC Corner Playhouse. Brown has taught and given guest lectures at the University of Missouri-Columbia, the University of Houston, Texas Tech University, Illinois State University, North Carolina School of the Arts, Ball State University, Lon Morris College, Nicolet College, Spoon River College, Elgin Community College, Roosevelt University, and Western Illinois University. He has also served as the Society of American Fight Director’s (SAFD) Governing Body Secretary and as Coordinator of the National Stage Combat Workshop (EXCELSIOR!). Brown currently serves as Head of Theatre/Artistic Director for the College of the Mainland Theatre Program in Texas City.