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DANIEL JAMES O'CONNOR
DGA/WGA/SAG/AEA/AFTRA
Dan is a co-founder of both critically acclaimed comedy improv companies LA Theatresports and Bay Area Theatresports. He was the Artistic Director for 12 years for LATS. Improv credits include Theatresports internationally, the long-running Wrought Irony at the Laugh Factory, Pulp Playhouse at the HBO Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. He has also performed with Off The Wall, The Comedy Underground, ACME Unplugged and Second City at the Murphy’s Cat Laughs Comedy Festival in Ireland. He performs as a regular guest for the Groundlings “Crazy uncle Joe Show” and “Cookin’ with Gas”. For LATS he co-created and directed the critically acclaimed “Shakespeare UnScripted” and directed “The Hell Show” and “Triple Play”.
He was in the ensemble of both the Off-Broadway production of Keith Johnstone’s “Lifegame” and the SPIKE television series of the same name.
Dan was the improv director and a writer for “The Wayne Brady Show” and produced and starred in David Steinberg’s improvised Warner Bros. pilot “the Phil Fuller Show”.
He recently co-created a completely improvised television show for PAX/NBC with Wayne Page and Kelsey Grammer “World Cup Comedy” which just finished its second season.
Recently he directed the NBC Universal/Broadway Video series “Sons and Daughters” for ABC and “Campus Ladies” for the Oxygen Network.
Dan starred in the late night Columbia Tri-Star sketch comedy series “The Newz”, performing on over 60 shows and hundreds of sketches. Among his other television credits are “Seinfeld,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Malcolm in the Middle” and the lead in the Quincy Jones pilot “The Rudy Show” for USA. Dan was also a producer/performer on the syndicated sketch comedy series “Quick Witz.” He has toured extensively with “Wayne Brady and Friends”.
Dan has been teaching and directing improv for 20 years. He has taught at USC, DUKE, Pepperdine and for the University of Texas MBA program. He has also directed numerous improv groups internationally.
Training includes A.C.T and extensive work with Keith Johnstone (Creator of Theatresports) since 1986.
He is a graduate of the Webber Douglas Academy of Drama |
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Check out the Impro Theatre Website for the latest on Shows!
www.improtheatre.com |
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Coming this Fall
Impro Theatre Presents
Sondheim UnScripted
Directed Dan O’Connor and Michele Spears
Impro theatre embraces the style of one of Broadway’s most heralded artists, Stephen Sondheim. The composer of A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum, A Little Night Music, Company, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, and Sunday in the Park with George is celebrated by singing absolutely nothing written by him. The critically acclaimed cast of Impro Theatre takes a suggestion from the audience and creates a musical in the style of and inspired by, Mr. Sondheim.
Opening Night September 6th at 8pm
Thursday Nights at 8pm through October 4th
Tickets $20.00
At Theatre/Theater
5041 West Pico Blvd
(cross St Orange/3 blocks west of La Brea)
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 05 August 2007 )
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