Dane Stauffer

**Dane Stauffer grew up in Minnesota, cutting his teeth at the Children's Theatre School. He's an alum of the Playwright's Center, as well as New York University and was a member of the country's oldest Sketch Comedy/improv house, Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop. Dane has directed for the Fritz Blitz Festival of New Plays (the most rewarding marriage of script, performers and director") A prolific playwright, he's had over a dozen plays produced in the last decade, most recently The Magic Pot: Three tales from China, which made its NYC premier in July, to good notices in the NY Times, and Time Out.  Recently he was seen as Howard Elroy, the Beauty Pageant host on TV ( Wicked Wicked Games with Tatum O'Neal). He's also been featured on KTCA/PBS Technical Difficulties, and the Emmy award winning American Scream: Dudley Riggs' first 30 years. His Solo show "I'm ready to talk about my Narcissim" and his recent Cabaret revue, "When a Man loves a Diva," have both played to critical acclaim and sold out houses. He's improvising weekly with "Smokehouse" at Second City Hollywood and wherever/whenever he can, also teaching improf to everyone from artists to kids, teachers to corporate execs. He's thrilled to continue his "Triple Espresso" journey, which has taken him from San Diego to Ireland and points in between.  Check his website for more info: www.thenameisdane.com

**The Actor appears through the courtesy of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.