Dan Daly

Dan Daly is a Brooklyn based scenic designer and visual artist experimenting with writing plays that grow from the design perspective. Having written extensively as a child, then switching to designing as an adult, Dan is using the time during the COVID-19 shut down to reengage with the playwriting process from a new angle.

Dan has held positions at the Hangar Theatre, the Corkscrew Festival, and the Winnipesaukee Playhouse. Dan’s design work has been seen as a part of the Under the Radar Festival at The Public, at Brookfield Place with Third Rail Project’s site specific work Oasis, at RuPaul’s Drag Con where he designs the booth for Monét X Change, and at the Barn Arts Collective in Southwest Harbor, Maine where he built an inflatable theater for puppetry shows, readings, and other...

Dan Daly is a Brooklyn based scenic designer and visual artist experimenting with writing plays that grow from the design perspective. Having written extensively as a child, then switching to designing as an adult, Dan is using the time during the COVID-19 shut down to reengage with the playwriting process from a new angle.

Dan has held positions at the Hangar Theatre, the Corkscrew Festival, and the Winnipesaukee Playhouse. Dan’s design work has been seen as a part of the Under the Radar Festival at The Public, at Brookfield Place with Third Rail Project’s site specific work Oasis, at RuPaul’s Drag Con where he designs the booth for Monét X Change, and at the Barn Arts Collective in Southwest Harbor, Maine where he built an inflatable theater for puppetry shows, readings, and other performance events. Dan designed the second ever production of Nico Muhly’s opera Dark Sisters at Pittsburgh Opera as well as the premier of Grace Oberhofer’s opera adaptation of A Dolls House at the Corkscrew Festival. MFA: Carnegie Mellon University.

Scripts

Ghosts in the Trucks

by Dan Daly

Synopsis

A woman discovers the ghost of the founder of U-Haul haunting the back of her rental truck.

A woman discovers the ghost of the founder of U-Haul haunting the back of her rental truck.

Moving

by Dan Daly

Synopsis

Moving away from home is not easy, and neither is showing love. A short, tender, and bittersweet tale, taking place in the back of an actual moving truck, of a Son moving away and onto his next adventure. While only two characters appear onstage we see how his family is both supporting and holding him back through phone calls, texts, visits, and media interactions.

Moving away from home is not easy, and neither is showing love. A short, tender, and bittersweet tale, taking place in the back of an actual moving truck, of a Son moving away and onto his next adventure. While only two characters appear onstage we see how his family is both supporting and holding him back through phone calls, texts, visits, and media interactions.

Where We Are

by Dan Daly

Synopsis

A short experimental theater piece that allows everyone in the room to explore where we are and where we are going.

A short experimental theater piece that allows everyone in the room to explore where we are and where we are going.

Cavernous

by Dan Daly

Synopsis

Discovering who you are is like being lost in a cave. Literally.

Discovering who you are is like being lost in a cave. Literally.