Russell Vandenbroucke is an author, director, and playwright. He has directed the plays A Christmas Carol and Proof (Virginia Theatre), Snapshot (Actors Theatre of Louisville), and Philoctetes of Sophocles, Hedda Gabler, Fires in the Mirror, Three Women Talking, and My Other Heart (Northlight Theatre).

As a playwright, he is the author of Feiffer’s America, Atomic Bombers, and Eleanor: In Her Own Words (Northlight Theatre). His adaptations include Holiday Memories and Enemy of the People (Northlight Theatre).

His books include Truths the Hand Can Touch: The Theatre of Athol Fugard, Contemporary Australian Plays, and The Theatre Quotation Book: A Treasury of Insights and Insults.