David Hansen (actor)

David Hansen
Born Karl David Hansen
July 26, 1968 (1968-07-26) (age 43)
Occupation Stage actor, director, playwright

David Hansen (born 1968) is an actor, director, and a member of the Cleveland Play House Playwrights Unit. He is the founder of Dobama's Night Kitchen and co-founder of Guerrilla Theater Company and Bad Epitaph Theater Company[1] and a recipient of a 2010 Creative Workforce Fellowship from the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture.[2]

He is a graduate of Bay Village High School, and holds a degree in Theater from Ohio University.[3] He is married to writer Toni Thayer.[3] He is currently the Associate Supervisor of the Great Lakes Theatre Festival's School Residency Program.[4]

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Awards

His play "I Hate This: A Play Without the Baby" received an award for Excellence in Solo Performance at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2003.[3]

Works

"I Hate This" has also been adapted as a radio drama in 2005.[5]

References

  1. ^ Vacha, John (2001) (paperback). Showtime in Cleveland. Kent, Ohio and London: Kent State University Press. ISBN 0-87338-697-3. 
  2. ^ Community Partnership for Arts and Culture, Performing and Literary Arts - 2010 Fellows
  3. ^ a b c David Hansen biography at IMDB
  4. ^ Cleveland Public Theatre program notes, April 2011 performance of "I Hate This / And Then You Die"
  5. ^ Radio adaptation of 'I Hate This' on WCPN

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