Photo: Paul Corning
THEATRE: Regional: Twelfth Night (American Shakespeare Center; Marquee TV). Off-Broadway: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (Gym at Judson). Off-Off: The Comedy of Errors (Smith Street Stage); Richard II (Robert Moss Theater), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Access Theater; East Coast Tour). Teaching: The Winter's Tale, Beautiful Bodies (Stella Adler Studio; NYU Conservatory). Training: 2014 LAByrinth Intensive Ensemble, 2015-2016 Shakespeare Society Ambassador, and 2018-2019 SDC Foundation Observer. MFA Brooklyn College.
FILM: Dan adapted and co-directed Hamlet in the Golden Vale (feature film; 2019) and King of Infinite Space (VR experience; 2019), produced by Roll The Bones with production support from "The Immersive Storytelling Studio" at The National Theatre (UK). More recently, Dan directed Untitled Hamlet Project (documentary feature; 2022) for Smith Street Stage. BFA NYU Film School.
WRITING: Plays include Rocco, Chelsea, Adriana… (HERE Arts; dir. John Gould Rubin), Fist in Mouth (Studio at Cherry Lane), and Peace: Burial at Sea (Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries - Final Shortlist). Screenplays include Fritz Haber (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award and Grant) and Daughters of Erin (HHF Films). Residencies with Bedlam ("MadLAB") and The Actors Studio ("The Playwright/Directors Unit"). For additional work, visit NPX.
LEADERSHIP: Dan served as Artistic Director of Shakespeare in the Square from 2014-2019, directing/producing Off-Broadway runs, tours, and year-round educational programming with Co-Founder Rose Bochner and Executive Director Yuriy Pavlish. Dan joined American Shakespeare Center as Associate Artistic Director in 2019, producing their National Tour and later the ASC ‘Virtual Tour’ (live broadcasts and streaming) via BlkFrsTV. Dan left ASC at the end of the 2020 season in solidarity with the Save the ASC movement. Dan spent the 2021 season implementing and consulting on safety guidelines for Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s return to live performances.
PRESS: Interviews with No Film School, That Moment In, and Stage Buddy. Dan’s work on American Shakespeare Center’s 2020 SafeStart Season featured in PBS NewsHour, The Washington Post and American Theatre Magazine.
Dan lives in Brooklyn with his partner, painter Zipporah Lee Norton, and their feral dog (Babadook) and feral cats (Norman & Shaun). Dan's younger sister, Megan Hasse, is a New York-based actor. The eldest, Katie Hasse, lives on a farm.