Philip Brehse, is an Actor, Director, Musician, Teacher, Performance Artist and Cofounder of the Open Space Performunion, Berlin. An American living in post wall Berlin, dedicating most of his time to maintaining the freedom of not just working in one category of art and exploring the rigor of creation and change with artists from all mediums and in diverse forms and places.

After studying Acting in the BFA program at Ithaca College, his fascination with the Biomechanics began in the early eighties through work with Carlo Altomare, Mary Krapf and The Alchemical Theater, in N.Y.C. and in Europe, followed by the late eighties epoch of the Living Theater with Judith Malina and Hanon Reznikov and a very exciting ensemble on East 3rd St., N.Y. and extensively in Europe.

Living and working since 1991 in Berlin, he has continually furthered his research, practical training and scene study extensively in Meyerhold and in Biomechanics through regular training with Gennadi Bogdanov, (Moscow) in Berlin and completed Bogdanov´´s Master Class at the Expo-Hannover. For eight years, taught and directed Biomechanics and Acting at the Athanor Akademie, in Burghausen, under the direction of Dr. David Esrig, (Bucharest.) Currently teaches at the Neue Schauspielschule, Nürnberg, (direction, Peter Hain.) In addition to his teaching engagements, Has been seen on the stages of practically all of the European states over the past twenty five years in diverse roles; as Actor, Director, Musician and Performance Artist.

His most current project, in addition to several solo performances in 2007 in collaboration with his Artistic Partner Michael Steger, is the new Performunion production of "Mysterium Buffo" from Majakovski at the recent Open Space Festival of Free Art in Berlin, October 13-22, 2007: openspace32.de

Statement, resume, information about acting and directing credits, past projects, and upcoming projects at: www.performunion.de