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BK Dawson

MFA Acting Classical and Contemporary Text
Class of 2026

About

Award-Winning Actor, Screenwriter, Playwright, Producer, and the force behind PULPPUNK.

From Los Angeles, BK’s  actor previous tenures includes an MFA in Acting from CalArts and personal tutelage from Larry Moss in New York City. On Broadway, BK has produced Gutenberg! The Musical, The Wiz, and Appropriate. BK has played several iconic roles on stage with the outlook of challenging casting norms such as race, gender, and status (within reason). PULPPUNK, BK’s independent studio, continues to create and collaborate bringing “collective chaos” into the artistry continuum.

Theatre Credits

The Gospel According to Jesus Queen of Heaven, The Fever (private sharing), The Merchant of Venice, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Julius Caesar (scene sharing), Shakespeare’s Globe (Globe Residency)

The Hunting of the Snark, The Seagull, FUTUREHOME Productions

Two Trains Running, King Lear, Oedipus, California Institute of the Arts

Ragtime, Five Star Theatricals

Nineteen Eighty-Four, Midcity Productions

Macbeth, Hudson Theatre Works

Crime and Punishment, Theatreworks (Arizona)

Hamlet, Henry V, Philadelphia Shakespeare Company

Exit Strategy, Best of Enemies, The Theatre Project

Nurse Jane goes to Hawaii, Chapel Street Players

Sly Fox, Honk!, Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Wilmington Drama League

The Wiz, Desert Stages

You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Urinetown, Tempe Center of the Arts

Lend Me a Tenor, Little Shop of Horrors, Mesa Encore Theatre

A Chorus Line, Hair, Tempe Little Theatre

Damn Yankees, Fountain Hills Theatre

TV/Film Credits

I Found God, Film

GOON, Film

That’s My Boy, Film

A Message for the King, Film

SCREENSHOTS, Film

Luxury Bones, Film

Candy Apple, Film

The Passenger, Audiodrama

The Soft-Boiled Detective, Audiodrama