David Hansen (playwright)

{{short description|American actor, director and playwright}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|7|26}}

|occupation = Stage actor, director, playwright

| spouse = Toni K. Thayer

| website = http://davidhansen.org

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David Hansen (born July 26, 1968) is an American playwright, actor, director and arts educator. He is the founder of Dobama's Night Kitchen and co-founder of Guerrilla Theater Company and Bad Epitaph Theater Company.{{cite book|title = Showtime in Cleveland|last = Vacha|first = John|publisher = Kent State University Press|year = 2001|isbn = 0-87338-697-3|location = Kent, Ohio and London|type = paperback}}

He is a graduate of Bay Village High School, and holds a BFA in Theater from Ohio University[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2434020/ David Hansen biography at IMDB] and an MFA in Playwriting from Cleveland State.[https://neomfa.org/david-hansen-2023-graduate David Hansen - 2023 Graduate] He is married to writer Toni K. Thayer. He is currently Education Outreach Associate for Great Lakes Theater.Great Lakes Theater website

Awards

  • (2021) Sherlock Holmes Meets the Bully of Baker Street: Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest{{cite web|url=https://www.pioneerdrama.com/contest_winners.asp|title=List of Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest Winners|publisher=Pioneer Drama Service|accessdate=June 30, 2021}}
  • (2010) Community Workforce Fellow, Community Partnership for Arts and Culture{{cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/arts/2009/12/twenty_artists_get_20000_each.html|title=Twenty artists get $20,000 each in Creative Workforce Fellowships|date=11 December 2009 |publisher=cleveland.com|accessdate=June 30, 2021}}
  • (2006) Spencer Tunick In Cleveland: First Place Use of Sound (with Toni K. Thayer and Dave DeOreo for WCPN) from the Press Club of Cleveland{{cite web|url=http://www.pressclubcleveland.com/media/documents/eij2/div-report-2006-updated-copy.pdf|title=Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards|publisher=The Press Club of Cleveland|accessdate=June 30, 2021}}
  • (2004) I Hate This: A Play Without the Baby: Excellence in Solo Performance at the New York International Fringe Festival

Published works

Other Produced Works

One Acts and 10-Minute Plays

  • (2023) Step Nine{{cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/06/borderlight-theatre-festival-lineup-announced.html|year=2023|title=BorderLight Theatre Festival lineup announced|publisher=North East Ohio Media Group|accessdate = 2024-06-30}}
  • (2022) Here's To You, Mrs. Robinson
  • (2018) Screen Play
  • (2017) No Cure For Cancer
  • (2015) On the Beam (part of The Cleveland Play House Centennial Plays){{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2015/10/100_years_and_counting_your_gu.html|year=2015|title=100 years and counting: Your guide to the Cleveland Play House's Centennial Weekend Celebration|publisher=North East Ohio Media Group|accessdate = 2015-10-28}}
  • (2015) Tiresias Riddles The Fates
  • (2014) Lombardo
  • (2011) The Lady

Collaborations

  • (2021) 10 Minutes to Midnight: 9 Quirky Plays for the Holidays with Dayshawnda Ash, Melissa Crum, Emma James Dahl, John Dayo-Aliya & Maya Malan-Gonzalez
  • (2014) Seven Ages with Nina Domingue, Mike Geither, Christine Howey, Anne McEvoy, Michael Oatman & Toni K. Thayer
  • (2001) The Gulf with Joshua D. Brown, Kelly Elliott, Brian Fox, Margi Herwald, Derek Koger, Leah D. Krauss, Heather N. Stout & Sean Sullivan
  • (1998) Cole Cuts with David Bell, Suzanne L. Miller & Toni K. Thayer
  • (1996) This Vicious Cabaret with Erin Myers, Mike Schmidt, Toni K. Thayer & Jenna Weiss
  • (1993) Mind Your Own Business rotating sketch show, written by ensemble
  • (1992) You Have the Right to Remain Silent! rotating sketch show, written by ensemble

Performances in plays by contemporary playwrights

Hansen often performs in his own plays, and also has a history of performances in new or recently developed works by notable modern playwrights, including:

  • (2015) White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour at Cleveland Public Theatre Pre-Off-Broadway{{cite web|url=http://coolcleveland.com/blog/2015/10/white-rabbit-red-rabbit-cptcle-public-theatre-features-a-different-actor-each-night/|year=2015|title='White Rabbit Red Rabbit' @CPTCle Public Theatre Features a Different Actor Each Night|publisher=CoolCleveland|accessdate = 2016-05-18}}
  • (2013) 8 by Dustin Lance Black at Cleveland Play House{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2013/05/cleveland_play_house_to_presen.html|year=2013|title=Cleveland Play House to present California gay-rights story '8' in reading at Allen Theatre in PlayhouseSquare|publisher=North East Ohio Media Group|accessdate = 2016-05-18}}
  • (2012) The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble at Beck Center For the Arts Pre-Arena/Broadway{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/lakewood/index.ssf/2012/03/velocity_of_autumn_takes_journ.html|year=2012|title='Velocity of Autumn' takes journey through time in Lakewood: Theater Review|publisher=North East Ohio Media Group|accessdate = 2016-05-18}}

References

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