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Gregg t. Daniel
Gregg T. Daniel is an award-winning director, producer, and actor with an extensive career spanning theater, television, and film. He is currently directing and co-producing the West Coast premiere of Hymn by Lolita Chakrabarti at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble. Recent credits include Dutch Masters at Cape May Stage, Topdog/Underdog at Pasadena Playhouse, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 at the Mark Taper Forum, and Kill Move Paradise at the Odyssey Theatre.
A celebrated interpreter of August Wilson’s work, Gregg has directed Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, King Hedley II, Radio Golf, Seven Guitars, and Gem of the Ocean, as well as A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. His regional credits include productions at Denver Center, Garry Marshall Theatre, Boston Court Theatre, Rogue Machine Theatre, Antaeus Company, and International City Theatre.
He received the NAACP Best Director Award for ICT’s production of Fences, which also earned multiple critics’ award nominations. Gregg is the Founding Member and Artistic Director of Lower Depth Theatre and a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. As an actor, he has appeared in more than 100 television and film roles.
Gregg T. Daniel is an award-winning director, producer, and actor with an extensive career spanning theater, television, and film. He is currently directing and co-producing the West Coast premiere of Hymn by Lolita Chakrabarti at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble. Recent credits include Dutch Masters at Cape May Stage, Topdog/Underdog at Pasadena Playhouse, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 at the Mark Taper Forum, and Kill Move Paradise at the Odyssey Theatre.
A celebrated interpreter of August Wilson’s work, Gregg has directed Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, King Hedley II, Radio Golf, Seven Guitars, and Gem of the Ocean, as well as A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. His regional credits include productions at Denver Center, Garry Marshall Theatre, Boston Court Theatre, Rogue Machine Theatre, Antaeus Company, and International City Theatre.
He received the NAACP Best Director Award for ICT’s production of Fences, which also earned multiple critics’ award nominations. Gregg is the Founding Member and Artistic Director of Lower Depth Theatre and a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. As an actor, he has appeared in more than 100 television and film roles.
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‘Mr. Daniel has been directing a remarkable string of plays exploring the state of race in America. These works have been spread out across the city. Taken collectively – they are a stunning body of work. He’s chasing after something profound with each production.’ -Anthony Byrnes at KCRW