Daniel Talbott(I)

Daniel Talbott is a writer, director, actor, and a Lucille Lortel Award winning theater producer. He's a writer on the second season of 'The Conners' on ABC; was a writer for Weinstein Company and Spike TV on 'The Mist', based on the Stephen King novella; and his hour-long drama pilot 'Summer' was optioned and in development with Sonar and Killer Films. His television series 'Rome, Georgia' was purchased by Wiip Television, and he is in development with Jim Parsons' company That's Wonderful Productions for a feature, 'Yosemite'. He is on the lit team of Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and is the artistic director of Rising Phoenix Rep. He most recently directed the Off-Broadway premiere of Jessica Dickey's 'The Convent', and his plays include 'Nick and Zoe' (Arctic Group/IRT), 'Slipping' (Rattlestick, The Side Project), 'Yosemite' (Rattlestick), 'Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait' (Rattlestick/piece by piece, Encore), 'What Happened When' (Rattlestick, Rising Phoenix Rep/Echo Theater Company), 'Someone Brought Me' (Quince Productions), 'Mike and Seth' (Quince, Encore, The Side Project), 'Extraordinary Things' (RPR), and 'Gray' (Your Name Here). Other directing work includes 'Ugly Little Sister' (NYU), 'First Born' (The Actors Studio), 'Thieves' (Weathervane/RPR/Rattlestick), 'F**king Immaculate' (RPR), 'A Fable' (Rattlestick), 'Scarcity' (Rattlestick/Hill Town Plays), 'Lake Water' (Neighborhood Productions), 'Eightythree Down' (Hard Sparks), 'Much Ado About Nothing' (Boomerang), and 'Squealer' (Lesser America). He is co-writing a new play with Lucy Thurber titled 'The Land of Ghosts' and was recently commissioned by Echo Theater Company for their 2020 season, and is creating, co-writing and directing the 'Confession Project'. He received a 2011 Theater Hall of Fame Fellowship and was named one of 15 People of the Year by nytheatre.com. He is a graduate of Juilliard, a member of Echo Theater Company, and a member of the Actors Studio.