Award-Winner or Finalist
- HBO New Writers Project
- New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
- Sundance Film Lab
- Samuel French Festival of Plays
- Final Draft Big Break Screenplay Competition (Top 10)
- Fireside Theatre National Readers Theatre Competition
- Shipping Dock Theatre's International New Plays Festival
- McLaren Memorial Comedy Playwriting Competition
- Rochester Playwright Festival
- South Carolina Playwright's Festival
- Writer's Digest Writers Competition
- Nantucket Theatrical Productions Play Competition
- Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition
- WRPN.TV Global Webisode Competition
- San Francisco Indie Short Festival
Featured Performers Include
- F. Murray Abraham
- Susan Anton
- Amir Arison
- Adrienne Barbeau
- Len Cariou
- Scott Cohen
- Didi Conn
- Rob Corddry
- Charles Durning
- George Hearn
- Marilu Henner
- Carol Kane
- Vicki Lewis
- Hal Linden
- Christopher Lloyd
- Jamie Luner
- Joshua Malina
- Garrett Morris
- Kathy Najimy
- Paul Provenza
- Cathy Rigby
- John Rubinstein
- John Shuck
- Michelle Stafford
- Sally Struthers
Dan is book-writer of GRUMPY OLD MEN: THE MUSICAL (alongside lyricist and long-time MAD MAGAZINE editor Nick Meglin and composer Neil Berg) based on the 1993 Warner Brothers film. The show enjoyed its United States premier starring Broadway greats Mark Jacoby and Ed Dixon alongside Tony- and Emmy-winners Hal Linden and Sally Struthers, selling out its run at the legendary Ogunquit Playhouse. It premiered on the west coast at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts featuring Cathy Rigby and Ken Page, with Linden and others reprising their roles. Both productions received rave reviews. International production rights are available from Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW).
As an actor, Dan has appeared on stages from New York to Los Angeles and on such television shows as LAW & ORDER: SVU, BLIND JUSTICE, CONVICTION, LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT, LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN and more.
His plays and workshops have been produced throughout the United States, Canada and Europe featuring Emmy-, Tony- and Oscar-winning actors. His feature screenplays have been optioned by Oscar-nominated producers.
Dan studied and performed at Tufts University and holds a degree in acting from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Anglo-American Mind The Gap Theatre based in New York City and frequently writes and performs with the storied Theatre Artists Workshop of Westport, CT.
He recently wrote his first pop song, inspired by the superhero Batman, entitled LEAST BEING ME. It is available on iTunes, Spotify, and Amazon Music.
In 2025, Dan will publish a book of comical essays entitled GRUMPY OLD DAN.
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