- Dan Wilson (playwright)
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For other people named Dan Wilson, see Dan Wilson (disambiguation).
Dan Wilson (born 1970) is a San Francisco, California, United States based playwright, actor, director and improvisational comedian. He is the author of five full length produced plays ("In a Distant Country", "411", "Vagina Dentata", "'Sweetie' Tanya: the demon barista of Valencia Street", and "Harvesting the Lost") and three produced one-acts ("Pinch", "Get it? Got it. Good!", and "All that and a Box of Donuts"). Earlier in life, Dan attended North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois and wrote and directed short dramas for use at Grace Evangelical Covenant Church. These short dramas are still in circulation and are performed in churches of many denominations around the world, despite.
His fifth play, "Harvesting the Lost" will be produced by Triple Shot Productions at the Phoenix Theatre in San Francisco in September 2010.
Dan is also a performer and can be heard weekly on the improv podcast "RadioStar Improv" and has performed with the improv groups "The Legal Briefs" and "Pharmarsupial." His forays into film have so far been limited to highly experimental independent feature films like "The Invisible Forest" (Dir. Antero Alli) and "Canary (film)" (dir. Alejandro Adams) and various shorts.
Dan's production company, Cassandra's Call Productions, creates original theatrical, improvisational, and film projects on a regular basis.
External links
- Dan Wilson at IMDB
- SF Weekly on "Sweetie Tanya"
- SF Bay times on "Sweetie Tanya"
- SF Weekly on Radiostar Improv and Submergency
- SF Bay Guardian on "Get it? Got it. Good!" and the SF 2006 Fringe Festival
- SF Bay Times on "Get it? Got it. Good!" and the SF 2006 Fringe Festival
- SF Bay Times on "Vagina Dentata"
- interview with Dan Wilson about "Harvesting the Lost"
- Radiostar Improv
Categories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- American writers
- American dramatists and playwrights
- American dramatist and playwright stubs
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