SELECTED PLAYWRITING & SOLO PERFORMANCE

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SICK

Hollywood Fringe Festival, Dahn Hiuni/Director, Broadwater Theatre, 2023

One City One Pride Arts Festival, John Coppola/Director, West Hollywood, 2020

   *Winner, Playwriting Competition – Full-length Play

 Virtual staged reading, streamed live on Zoom and Facebook

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MURMURS & INCANTATIONS

The Blank Theatre (Living Room Series/Staged Reading), Daniel Henning/Director, Los Angeles, 2018

Soho Playhouse/New York International Fringe Festival, Lewis Magruder/Director, New York, 2016 

   *Overall Excellence Award in Playwriting

Mixed Greens Gallery (Immersive theatre version), Dahn Hiuni/Director, New York, 2013 

Orange Hanky Theatre/Staged Reading, Rohana Kenin/Director, New York, 2011

 

ONE MAN SHOW, Village Playwrights/LGBT Center, Dahn Hiuni/Director, New York, 2010

PASSAGES, Frank Gallery, Shepherd University, Solo Performance, Shepherdstown, 2007

A PERFECT MODEL, CAA Annual Conference, Solo Performance, Seattle, 2004

TREAD, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Solo Performance, Wilmington, 2003

ART HISTORY 487, Franklin Furnace, Solo Performance, New York, 2000 

   *Part of the permanent Video & Performance Collection, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

MATTHEW, Kutztown University, Solo Performance, Kutztown, PA, 1999

LECTURE, Avant-Garde-Arama, P. S. 122, Solo Performance, New York, 1998

MAY 17, 1998, Cornish Estate, Solo Performance, Cold Springs, NY, 1998

INTERVIEW, Artists Space, Solo Performance, New York, 1997 

FAMOUS IN NEW YORK, Thread Waxing Space, Solo Performance, New York, 1996

CALL WAITING, Cleveland Performance Art Festival, Solo Performance, Cleveland, 1995

COLIN, Allegheny College Gallery, Solo Performance, Meadville, PA, 1995

HARVEST, Edwin Zoller Gallery, Solo Performance, State College, PA ,199

ART IMITATES LIFE, Palmer Museum of Art Piazza, Solo Performance, State College, PA, 1994

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SELECTED MUSICAL THEATRE & DANCE

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Nachum the Beggar/Chorus, Irene Arsenault/Director, Centaur, Montreal, 1993

KIROV BALLET, Extra/Villager, Oleg Vinogradov/Choreographer, Place des Arts, Montreal, 1992

A CHORUS LINE, Paul, Loraine Green-Kimsa/Director, Broadway North, Toronto, 1989

SWEET CHARITY, Brass Band Leader/Chorus, Alan Lund/Director, Rainbow Stage, Winnipeg, 1988

MY FAIR LADY, Busker/Butler, Alan Lund/Director, Rainbow Stage, Winnipeg, 1987

COLE, Singer/Dancer, Neil Harris/Director, Hollow Mug, Winnipeg, 1986

CHAI FOLK ENSEMBLE, Soloist, Nenad Lhotka/Choreographer, Winnipeg/National Tours, 1984-86

           

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SELECTED FILM & TELEVISION

BLUE BLOODS, Loop Group, David Barrett/Director, CBS Television, 2014  

THE INTERPRETER, UN Delegate, Sydney Pollock/Director, United Artists, 2005

FOR LOVE ALONE, Featured Extra, Michael Lindsay-Hogg/Director, United Artists, 1996    

MRS. PARKER & VICIOUS CIRCLE, Drunk at the bar, Alan Rudolph/Director, United Artists, 1994

THE PAPERBOY, Featured Extra, Douglas Jackson/Director, United Artists, 1994

THE NEIGHBOR, Featured Extra, Rodney Gibbons/Director, United Artists, 1993

EXCUSE ME, Gang member, Guy Vidal/Director, Vidal Films, 1993       

A LUCKY NUMBER, Dancer,  Jill Lhotka/Director, CBC Television, 1987

CANADA’S BEST KEPT SECRET, The Filmmaker, Guy Vidal/Director, PBS Television, 1987  

THE MAN WHO CAME TO TAKE, Featured Extra, Prosper Pariente, Director, Degas Films, 1981

GROWING PAINS, Danny, Zeev Revach/Director, 1980

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SELECTED DIRECTING

SICK, by Dahn Hiuni, The Broadwater Theatre (Mainstage), Los Angeles, 2023 (Reviewed)        

POPOUT, by Ari Gold (One-Man-Show), Laurie Beechman Theatre, New York, 2017 (Reviewed)           

MURMURS & INCANTATIONS, Immersive theatre version, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, 2013

ONE MAN SHOW by Dahn Hiuni, Village Playwrights/LGBT Center, New York, 2010

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RESIDENCIES

​Desert Playwrights’ Retreat, Palm Springs, CA, April 2023

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THEATRE ADMINISTRATION​

Director, Young Playwrights Academy, The Blank Theatre, Los Angeles, 2021-Present

Adjudicator, Young Playwrights Festival, The Blank Theatre, Los Angeles, 2020

Adjudicator, Future of Playwriting Prize Selection Committee, The Blank Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

Reading Committee, Living Room Series, The Blank Theatre, Los Angeles, 2018

Founding Member/Literary Advisor, Sextant Productions, New York, 2017-2020

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SELECTED RECENT PRESS

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Eric A. Gordon & Lori A. Zimmerman, “Queer theater thrives in L.A.: Two plays reviewed, one historic, one historical,” People’s World, Jun 22, 2023. https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/queer-theater-thrives-in-l-a-two-plays-reviewed-one-historic-one-historical/

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Patrick Chavis, “Hollywood Fringe 2023: SICK at the Broadwater - Review,” LA Theatre Bites,

Jun 16, 2023. https://latheatrebites.com/hollywood-fringe-2023-sick-broadwater-review

 

Robert Garrova, “It’s Been 50 Years Since Homosexuality Was Declassified As A Mental Illness. A New Play Tells The Story,” LAist (NPR), Jun 14, 2023. https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/its-been-50-years-since-homosexuality-was-declassified-as-a-mental-illness-a-new-play-tells-the-story

 

Jeff Slayton, “SICK Premiere At Hollywood Fringe Festival – Interview With Playwright & Director Dahn Hiuni,” LA Dance Chronicle, May 26, 2023. https://www.ladancechronicle.com/sick-premiere-at-hollywood-fringe-festival-interview-with-playwright-director-dahn-hiuni

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A.A. Cristi, “SICK, Recounting 1973 Struggle To Declassify Homosexuality As A Mental Illness, Premieres At 2023 Hollywood Fringe Festival,” BroadwayWorld.com, May 24, 2023. https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/SICK-Recounting-1973-Struggle-To-Declassify-Homosexuality-As-A-Mental-Illness-Premieres-At-2023-Hollywood-Fringe-Festival-20230524

 

“Kafka’s THE TRIAL Hits Cherry Lane,” Carissa Chesanek, BroadwayWorld.com, Apr 30, 2018. https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/BWW-Review-Kafkas-THE-TRIAL-Hits-Cherry-Lane-Theatre-20180430

 

“No One Is Acquitted, Kafka’s The Trial,” Beate Hein Bennett, NYTheatre-Wire.com, Apr 21, 2018

http://www.nytheatre-wire.com/bhb18042t.htm

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“FringeNYC Announces Overall Excellence Award Winners,” Olivia Clement, Playbill.com, Aug 29, 2016

http://www.playbill.com/article/fringenyc-announces-overall-excellence-award-winners

 

“Fringe Festival 2016 reviews, Part VI,” Adam Feldman, TimeOut,  Aug 24, 2016

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/fringe-festival-2016-reviews-part-vi-082416     

 

“Murmurs & Incantations,” Ran Xia, Theatre Is Easy, Aug 23, 2016

http://ww.theasy.com/Reviews/FringeFestival/2016/murmursandincantations.php

 

“Murmurs and Incantations,” Show-score, Aug, 2016

https://www.show-score.com/shows/murmurs-and-incantations-fringenyc

 

“A Curated Guide to the NY Fringe Festival’s 20th Anniversary Season,” Don Adkins, Huffington Post, Aug 10, 2016

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zealnyc/a-curated-guide-to-the-ne_b_11403898.html

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"Murmurs & Incantations at the NY International Fringe Festival,” Martin Denton, Indie Theater Now, Aug 1, 2016

http://www.indietheaternow.com/Interview/dahn-hiuni-murmurs--incantations-at-the-new-york-international-fringe-festival-2016

 

“School of Visual Arts Alumnus Brings Subculture to Forefront in New Play,” Stephanie Swindle, PSUnews, Jul 18, 2016.

http://news.psu.edu/story/417708/2016/07/18/arts-and-entertainment/school-visual-arts-alumnus-brings-subculture

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“Breaking the Fourth Wall and Getting In On the Act: Immersive Theatre Fills the Stages and Streets of New York,” Carey Purcell, Playbill.com, Aug 10, 2013. http://www.playbill.com/article/breaking-the-fourth-wall-and-getting-in-on-the-act-immersive-theatre-fills-the-stages-and-streets-of-new-york-com-208330

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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY​

Editors, Marquis Who’s Who in America, 2009

Editors, Performance/Lecture Features Dahn Hiuni, The Baltimore Chronicle, 2003

Garoian, Charles. Performing Pedagogy: Towards an Art of Politics, NY: State University of NY Press, 1999

Gomez, Enrico. The 2010 Great LGBTQ Photo Show, The Archive, Journal of the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, Issue 35, Fall 2010

Sant, Toni. Franklin Furnace and the Spirit of the Avant-Garde, London: Intellect Press, 2011

Sant, Toni. Real Performance on the Pseudo Network, Doctoral dissertation, New York University, 2003

Lewis, Reina & Horne, Peter, "Outlooks: Lesbian and Gay Sexualities and Visual Cultures," Routledge, 1996

Syken, Bill. Day Without Art: Performance, Center Daily Times, Nov 30, 1994

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR​

“Would I Live or Would I Die?” University of Manitoba Today, Online Magazine, 2021​​

SICK, Stageplays, Cyberpress, New York, 2021

“Jefferson Market University Offers First Playwriting Course,” WestView News, Sept/2017

https://westviewnews.org/2017/09/jefferson-market-university-offers-first-playwriting-course/

“Have Social, Cultural or Political Events Ever Impacted A Work In Progress?” The Dramatist Magazine, The Journal of

the Dramatists Guild of America, July/August 2017​

“Education, Activism, Performance Art: Sharing Metaphors for Cultural Work.” In T. Quinn (Ed.), Democracy

and Education, Art Institute of Chicago. (Vol. 15, No. 3-4, 2005)

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SELECTED LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS

​Presenter, The Joys of Self-Producing, Online Lecture, Dramatists Guild of America, 2022​

Speaker, The John M. Anderson Endowed Lecture Series, Penn State, 2017​

Visiting Artist, State University of New York, Purchase College, 2016​

Panelist, 50th Anniversary of Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture, State College, 2014

Alumni Careers, Heather Darcy Bhandari, Chair

Visiting Artist, Pratt Institute, New York, 2009, Graduate video seminar

Panelist, College Art Association Annual Conference, Seattle, 2004

Diversity in the Classroom, Joseph P. Ansell, Chair

Visiting Artist, Towson State University, Baltimore, 2003

Solo performance, lecture, and studio visits/critiques for graduate students.

Presenter, National Art Education Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis, 2003

A Visual Culture Class Responds to 9/11

Guest Speaker, Department of Women’s Studies, Pace University, New York City, 2002

Women in Art

Presenter, National Art Education Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, 2000

Making the Links between Education, Activism and Performance Art; Art History and the Student;

Panelis, Social Theory, Politics & The Arts Annual Conference, Drexel University, 1998

Arts Futures: The Emerging Systems Aesthetic, Timothy Jackson, Chair

Panelist, College Art Association Annual Conference, Boston, 1996

The Interview with the Artist as Genre, Reva Wolf, Chair

Assistant, Performance Art, Culture, Pedagogy Symposium, Penn State University, 1996

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SELECTED GRANTS & AWARDS

Faculty Development Major Grant, Woodbury University, 2021

Winner of the One City One Pride West Hollywood Arts Festival Playwriting Competition, 2020

New York International Fringe Festival Overall Excellence Award in Playwriting, 2016

Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art Individual Artist Grant, 2000

College of Arts and Architecture Creative Achievement Award, Penn State, 1996

Dean of Graduate Research Exhibition Grant, Penn State, 1996

Full Scholarship Teaching Assistantship, Penn State, 1994-1996

Quebec Government Graduate Study Grant (FCAR), 1994-1996

Ontario Association of Art Galleries (OAAG) Educator's Award, 1991

The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, 1990

University Gold Medal in Fine Arts, The University of Manitoba, 1987

The Simon Chang Foundation Scholarship, 1987

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COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY TEACHING

​Distinguished Instructor, UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, 2018-2023

Adjunct Professor, Woodbury University, 2018-2023

Visiting Instructor, UC Berkeley Extension, Berkeley, 2020-2021

Adjunct Professor, SUNY/Empire State College, 2013-2021

Adjunct Professor, Hudson County Community College, 2013-2017

Adjunct Professor, School of Visual Arts, 2012-2017

Adjunct Professor, Pratt Institute, 2009-2014

Adjunct Professor, SUNY College at Old Westbury  2005-2013

Adjunct Professor, Hofstra University  2007-2009

Adjunct Professor, Fashion Institute of Technology  2006-2009

Visiting Assistant Professor, Shepherd University  2004-2006

Instructor of Record  (PhD), Penn State University  1998-2002

Lecturer, The National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal  1992-1994

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Courses: Playwriting, Performance Art, History of Performance Art, Art History, Aesthetics and Criticism, Drawing & Painting, Mixed Media, Graphic Design

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SCHOOL & COMMUNITY-BASED ARTS EDUCATION

Instructor, Jefferson Market University, New York Public Library  2017-2019

Instructor, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA  2015-2019   

Lecturer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York  2004-2014

Lecturer, The Museum of Modern Art, New York  1996-1998

Theatre Specialist, Multiple Summer Camps  1987-2005

 

 

EDUCATION

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Doctor of Philosophy, Performance Studies

Thesis: Performing Identity; The Politics and Pedagogy of Witnessing the Self

Department of Art Education, Penn State University, 2005

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Master of Fine Arts, Performance and Multi-media

Summa Cum Laude, School of Visual Arts, Penn State University, 1996

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Bachelor of Fine Arts Honors, Major in Painting, Minor in Art History,

University Gold Medal, The University of Manitoba, 1987

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OTHER TRAINING

​ACTING: Talma Yalin School of the Arts, Tel Aviv; George Toles, Blackhole Theatre, Winnipeg

DANCE: Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Studio Dance Theatre (Toronto), Steps (NYC), Dance Factory (Montreal)

VOICE: Ed Linderman, Mary Pico, Stephen Woodjetts

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Dramatists Guild, Association of Los Angeles Playwrights, College Art Association, National Art Education Association