Bonnie Dolan is an artist based in Los Angeles, CA.
As a performer, she has appeared on stages across LA, Orange County, and North Carolina, and has also performed with South Coast Symphony and Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. She also appears as the lead in the music video for “Inside Outside” by Subtle Smiles.
Together with comedian and actor Shelley Norfleet, Bonnie co-hosts a popular comedy podcast called “Everybody Ships Us,” which seeks to redefine and deepen friendships, relationships, and the self.
Past guests include Alexandra Billings, Anatasha Blakely and Jacob Sorling, and Jordan Broberg.
As a director, Bonnie has credits in both theatre and new media. She helmed two national social media commercials for LEDVANCE, the makers of Sylvania light bulbs, “In Your Tru Light” and “Salon Benders.”
Bonnie also served as assistant director and collaborator of Dreamers: Aqui y Alla (California Repertory), a devised theatre piece heralded by OC Weekly as the Best Play of 2018. Other select theatre directing credits include Uncle Vanya, She Kills Monsters, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, and The Odd Couple: Female Version (IVC), Once: The Musical (Theatre Threshold), and In The Telling (asst. director/Theatre Threshold).
Bonnie is also a teacher, bringing Viewpoints and Stanislavski techniques to her private classes and workshops. She often works with Alexandra Billings, a master teacher of Viewpoints. She teaches acting and theatre arts classes at Irvine Valley College in Irvine, CA.
Bonnie credits her career in the arts to her very creative childhood. She is the daughter of a member of the Diamonds and a classically trained soprano-turned-voice teacher/choral director.