Biographical Sketch

Brady Bergeson received an MFA in Creative Writing from Hamline University in 2006, and has been teaching creative writing and composition at NDSU since 2007. His primary work is in scriptwriting, fiction, and the creative process, with an interest in making collage art.

He was a writer and performer for an episodic stage show called The Electric Arc Radio Show, sometimes described as Arrested Development meets My Fair Lady,about four dysfunctional writers living together in Minneapolis. The show ran for 36 episodes over six seasons in Minneapolis at the Ritz Theater and the Theatre at the Woman’s Club. It was also staged in New York at the Galapagos Art Space, the Tank Gallery, and the Bowery Poetry Club. Staged like a radio play with a band, voice actors and sound effects, each episode featured a musical guest written into the story. Several episodes were aired on the Current, a Minnesota Public Radio station.

His writing has appeared in a variety of print publications, and in different forms, including on stickers in vending machines and on art gallery walls. He has also written for 24-hour play festivals, and performances at art festivals like Northern Spark in Minneapolis.