David Hansen (playwright)

David Hansen
David Hansen
Born	July 26, 1968
Occupation	Stage actor, director, playwright
Spouse(s)	Toni Thayer
Website	http://davidhansen.org

David Hansen (born July 26, 1968) is an American actor, director, and a member of the Cleveland Play House Playwrights Unit. He is the founder of Dobama's Night Kitchen and co-founder of Guerrilla Theater Company and Bad Epitaph Theater Company,[1] and is a recipient of a 2010 Creative Workforce Fellowship from the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture.[2]

He is a graduate of Bay Village High School, and holds a degree in Theater from Ohio University.[3] He is married to writer Toni Thayer.[3] He is currently Education Outreach Associate for Great Lakes Theater.[4]

Awards and Publication

His play I Hate This: A Play Without the Baby received an award for Excellence in Solo Performance at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2003.[3] His adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles was published by Playscripts Inc., and both Double Heart (The Courtship of Beatrice and Benedick) and his adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Secret Adversary published by YouthPLAYS.

Full-Length and One-Acts

(2021) Savory Taṇhā (sixteen short plays performed by a rotating ensemble) a Zoom play
(2020) Sherlock Holmes Meets the Bully of Baker Street based on characters by Arthur Conan Doyle
(2019) The Way I Danced With You (The George Michael Play)
(2019) About a Ghoul
(2017) Red Onion, White Garlic (A Tale of Indonesia)
(2016) The Secret Adversary adaptation of the novel by Agatha Christie
(2015) Rosalynde & The Falcon
(2015) The Great Globe Itself
(2013) Adventures in Slumberland based on characters by Winsor McCay
(2013) Double Heart (The Courtship of Beatrice and Benedick)
(2012) The Mysterious Affair at Styles adaptation of the novel by Agatha Christie
(2010) On The Dark Side of Twilight (Evolution of the Vampire)
(2009) And Then You Die (How I Ran a Marathon in 26.2 Years)
(2003) I Hate This: A Play Without the Baby
(1997) The Vampyres

I Hate This has also been adapted as a radio drama in 2005.[5]

10-Minute Plays

(2018) Screen Play
(2017) No Cure For Cancer
(2015) On the Beam (part of The Cleveland Play House Centennial Plays)[6]
(2015) Tiresias Riddles The Fates
(2014) Lombardo
(2011) The Lady

Collaborations

(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 other playwrights

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

(2015) White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour at Cleveland Public Theatre Pre-Off-Broadway[7]
(2013) 8 by Dustin Lance Black at Cleveland Play House [8]
(2012) The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble at Beck Center For the Arts Pre-Arena/Broadway[9]

References

Vacha, John (2001). Showtime in Cleveland (paperback). Kent, Ohio and London: Kent State University Press. ISBN 0-87338-697-3.
"Community Partnership for Arts and Culture, Performing and Literary Arts - 2010 Fellows". Archived from the original on 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
David Hansen biography at IMDB
Great Lakes Theater website
"Radio adaptation of 'I Hate This' on WCPN". Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2007-04-15.
"100 years and counting: Your guide to the Cleveland Play House's Centennial Weekend Celebration". North East Ohio Media Group. 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
"'White Rabbit Red Rabbit' @CPTCle Public Theatre Features a Different Actor Each Night". CoolCleveland. 2015. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
"Cleveland Play House to present California gay-rights story '8' in reading at Allen Theatre in PlayhouseSquare". North East Ohio Media Group. 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
"'Velocity of Autumn' takes journey through time in Lakewood: Theater Review". North East Ohio Media Group. 2012. Retrieved 2016-05-18.

External links

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[1] Vacha, John (2001). Showtime in Cleveland (paperback). Kent, Ohio and London: Kent State University Press. ISBN 0-87338-697-3.

[cpac-2] "Community Partnership for Arts and Culture, Performing and Literary Arts - 2010 Fellows". Archived from the original on 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2010-11-22.

[imdb-3] David Hansen biography at IMDB

[4] Great Lakes Theater website

[radio_drama-5] "Radio adaptation of 'I Hate This' on WCPN". Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2007-04-15.

[6] "100 years and counting: Your guide to the Cleveland Play House's Centennial Weekend Celebration". North East Ohio Media Group. 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-28.

[7] "'White Rabbit Red Rabbit' @CPTCle Public Theatre Features a Different Actor Each Night". CoolCleveland. 2015. Retrieved 2016-05-18.

[8] "Cleveland Play House to present California gay-rights story '8' in reading at Allen Theatre in PlayhouseSquare". North East Ohio Media Group. 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-18.

[9] "'Velocity of Autumn' takes journey through time in Lakewood: Theater Review". North East Ohio Media Group. 2012. Retrieved 2016-05-18.