SET Collective is a company of artists deeply committed to the collaborative process. We foster a non-hierarchical model of leadership in performance, playwriting, and production. We find that this model facilitates open dialogue, which translates to an expanded point of view and increased inventiveness. In our experience, the growth of a piece often corresponds with our own growth as artists, thinkers, and creators. By applying this collective approach, we discover a fresh resonance and relevance in both original and established works, and their importance in the cultural landscape of today.

John Bergdahl, Co-Artistic Director, SET Collective

John Bergdahl is a performer and filmmaker, seen most recently as Antigonus and the Old Shepherd in in South Brooklyn Shakespeare’s production of The Winter’s Tale. Previous credits with South Brooklyn Shakespeare include Macbeth in Macbeth, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, and Don John in Much Ado About Nothing. In 2015, John adapted Macbeth for SET Collective, a production that featured 5 actors, each playing the lead character for one act. Other roles include Jacques in As You Like It, Pale in Burn This, Jack in The Importance of Being Earnest, and Garcin in No Exit. John’s original play Stream was produced in the first New York International Fringe Festival and Cowards and Weaklings, a retrospective of short films he wrote and directed, was featured at Anthology Film Archives in New York City’s East Village. John can be seen this fall in Street To Table, an independent film directed by Joe Lazenby. www.johnbergdahl.com

Julie Galdieri, Co-Founder, Co-Artistic Director, SET Collective 

Julie is the co-founder of SET Collective, which she created in 2012 with Marika Becz. Select NY credits include: Macbeth (Lion Theatre/Theatre Row); The Bacchae (dir. Anne Bogart); The Vagina Monologues (Helen Mills Theatre); The Baby (American Globe); Venus & Adonis (HERE); NYTW; La Mama; Alice Tully Hall. Regional: Twelfth Night; Taming of the Shrew; Othello; Vampire Lesbians of Sodom; A Christmas Carol (Trinity Rep Company). Film: You’ve Got Mail; Shades of Grace; Ten Souls Rising; Sax & Violins; Nerdland. As a member of the SoHarmoniums, Julie has sung at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, and Symphony Space. Julie also maintains an active scriptwriting and executive speech coaching business in Manhattan. She holds a BA from Amherst College and an MA from Trinity Rep Conservatory. Member: AEA, SAG, AFTRA and New York Women in Film and Television. www.juliegaldieri.com

Production In Development

Currently in the works: RESERVOIR, by Eric Henry Sanders, an urgent and timely reimagining of Georg Büchner’s 1837 play, Woyzeck, in which the soldier’s madness is reinterpreted as PTSD.

Watch this space for more details!

Past Productions