Riley O'Toole

Associate Artistic Director

Riley O’Toole is the Associate Artistic Director of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks. Since 2016, he has been involved in 11 tours, 28 productions, and over 700 performances with MSIP across its various programs. He has worked for MSIP as an actor, teaching artist, assistant director, fight director, education director, tour manager, and he directed last year’s SIS tour of Richard III. Notable MSIP performance credits include Hamlet in Hamlet, Edgar in King Lear, and Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In Montana, he has also performed with the Bozeman Symphony, Montana Ballet, Montana InSite Theatre, Opera Montana, and Verge Theater. Riley also serves as a regional and state judge for the Montana Arts Council’s Poetry Out Loud program. He holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program., and he is an alumnus of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s Emerging Professional Residency Program. Riley’s additional regional acting credits include the Guthrie Theater, Jungle Theater, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Arizona Theater Company, and Salt Lake Acting Company.