Little Orphan Danny

Dan is the frontman and creator of the comedy rock group The Dan Band. He is best known for his appearances as the inappropriate wedding singer in the films Old School, Starsky & Hutch and The Hangover as well as his one hour comedy special The Dan Band: I Am Woman directed by McG and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. Dan was an original member of the first American tour of STOMP and originated the role of Lonny in the world premiere of Rock of Ages in Los Angeles. He was a recurring comedy correspondent on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and can next be seen in the upcoming film Dumplin directed by Anne Fletcher and starring Jennifer Aniston. A graduate of Emerson College in Boston, Dan is excited to be debuting Little Orphan Danny here at MRT. He sends special thanks to Sean Daniels for helping him create the show, Johanna Phaelzer at American Stage & Film for encouraging him to even make a show, his kick ass wife Kathy for encouraging him to do everything and his amazing daughter Samia for being his best accomplishment ever. And lastly: to Peg for having him and being awesome and his mother Pat…for being everything. thedanband.com

MRT: Silent Sky, My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend, Women in Jeopardy!, The Making of a Great Moment, 45 Plays for 45 Presidents, Home of the Brave, Tinker to Evers to Chance, I and You, The Lion. Sean has directed at Manhattan Theatre Club (The Lion, Drama Desk Award & Theatre World Award, nominated for Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle), Lynn Redgrave (NYC), The Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), St. James (West End, London – The Lion, winner of Best New Musical), Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arena Stage, Portland Center Stage, Geva Theatre, Old Globe, The Geffen, Playmakers Rep, A.C.T., Cleveland Play House, Milwaukee Rep, Alliance Theatre, California Shakespeare, Dad’s Garage Theatre Company, Swine Palace, Neo-Futurists, Aurora Theatre, Crowded Fire and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Sean has been named “one of the top fifteen up & coming artists in the U.S., whose work will be transforming America’s stages for decades to come” & “One Of 7 People Reshaping And Revitalizing The American Musical” by American Theatre magazine. His direction and shows have won “Best Play” and “Best Director” in the Bay Area, Portland, Rochester and Atlanta. He’s previously served as the Artist-At-Large for Geva Theatre Center and spent four years at the Tony Award-winning Actors Theatre of Louisville as the theatre’s Associate Artistic Director (where he directed 17 productions including five Humana Festivals). Mr. Daniels is the former Associate Artistic Director/Resident Director of the California Shakespeare Theater and before that spent a decade as the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Dad’s Garage Theatre Company in Atlanta. He has developed new work with the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, Ars Nova, PlayPenn, Lark, PlayLabs, New York Stage and Film, Asolo Rep, Goodspeed Opera, Weston Playhouse, Bay Area Playwrights, Magic Theatre and was the first American director asked to attend the Baltic American Playwrights Conference in Hiiumaa, Estonia. He’d love to hear from you, on Twitter @seandaniels or sean.daniels@mrt.org.

Michael is a designer based in Austin, Texas. MRT: Women in Jeopardy!, 45 Plays for 45 Presidents. Regional: South Coast Repertory, Cleveland Playhouse, Geva Theatre Center, Playmakers Repertory Theatre, Central City Opera (Colorado), Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Ford’s Theatre (Washington, D.C.), Opera Boston, New Victory Theatre (New York), The Lyric Theatre (Oklahoma City), and Actors Theatre of Louisville where he designed 20 productions including twelve world premieres for Humana Festival of New American Plays. Also in Austin: Rigoletto, Austin Lyric; Tesla and Big Love, Rude Mechanicals, and 100 productions at ZACH Theatre. Michael’s most recent adventure: Director of “Blast: The Music of Disney,” Tokyo, Japan. He is a creative consultant/director in: architecture, advertising, and, yes, marching band/DCI and WGI. Education: M.F.A. from The University of Texas at Austin, where he taught for 10 years. Other: Member of United Scenic Artists. Visit www.flickr.com/photos/michaelraiford/sets.

MRT: Over 25 productions including: KNYUM, Silent Sky, Women in Jeopardy!, The Making of a Great Moment, Going to See the Kid, 45 Plays for 45 Presidents, The Realness: a breakbeat play. Regional: Over 250 productions at: Huntington Theatre; Arizona Theatre Co; Milwaukee Rep; Cleveland Playhouse; Pasadena Playhouse; South Coast Rep; Actors Theatre of Louisville (60 productions; 20 world premieres); GEVA Theatre Center; The Kennedy Center; Gloucester Stage; Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Arden Theatre; Trinity Rep (over 25 productions); Playmakers Rep. Opera: Long Beach Opera; Bard Summerscape; and Portland Opera Repertory Theatre. Awards: Los Angeles Ovation Award for lighting design; MRT’s Artistic Achievement Award, 2016; nominated multiple times for Boston’s IRNE Award. Education: MFA: California Institute of the Arts. Other: Teaches lighting design at Tufts University; member of Patriots Program at MRT; Resident Lighting Designer, National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center 2007-2015.  Mr. Lilienthal lives in Somerville with wife, Emily, daughter Eliza, and dog Babe. He plays drums in a rockabilly/jump blues band that plays throughout the Boston metro area.

MRT: Memory House. Regional: Swan Lake, The Boston Ballet; La Boheme, The Flying Dutchman, The Boston Lyric Opera; Gershwin Spectacular: Promenade, The Boston Pops; Educating Rita, Huntington Theatre Company; Best of Enemies, Florida Rep; All the Way, TheatreSquared; Golda’s Balcony, New Repertory Theatre; Sondheim on Sondheim (IRNE Award), On the Town (IRNE Nomination), Big River, Lyric Stage; A Disappearing Number (IRNE Nomination), Underground Railway Theater; Big Fish (IRNE Nomination), Carrie: the Musical, Next to Normal, Nine, Striking 12, [title of show], and Jerry Springer: The Opera, SpeakEasy Stage Company; Merrily We Roll Along, Rent, Boston Conservatory; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Light Up the Sky, Emerson Stage; Beyond the Boundaries, Hecuba, As You Like It, Brandeis Theater Company; The Threepenny Opera, Boston College; Godspell, Gordon College; Both/And, MIT Museum. Film/Television: Assistant/Editor: PBS Becoming Helen Keller Des. Peter Nigrini. Education: Boston College. Other: Lecturer in Lighting Production and Media Design at the Boston University School of Theater. www.seaghanmckay.com

The son of two musicians, Andrés was named after the famed classical guitarist, Andrés Segovia. Andrés has been a professional guitarist and singer-songwriter since his late teens, having performed everything from jazz to heavy metal and everything in between throughout New England, Europe, and Israel. Andrés’ debut original album, the blues-based INK & SOUND (2006) was named one of Boston’s top five by Metronome Magazine in 2007, and the acoustic follow-up, CITYSCAPES & APPARITIONS (2013), is available on Bandcamp. He is currently at work on a new instrumental album. As a sideman, Andrés has recorded and performed with a variety of artists, including multi-genre composer Asia Mei, NYC hop-hop artist Dell Wells, and the function band, the Soul Sensations. Most recently he has been the guitarist for the Gramm Award-winning reggae artists, King Mas. In his other life, Andrés reads, writes about, and teaches books as a professor. Andrés holds a B.M. from the Berklee College of Music, an M.A. from Columbia University, and he recently completed his PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. When not playing music, reading or writing, he can usually be found running around with his kids or practicing yoga. www.andreswilson.com