Dan Hoyle is an actor and writer whose brand of immersion research theater has been hailed as "riveting, funny and poignant" (New York Times) and "hilarious, moving and very necessary" (Salon). His solo shows TAKES ALL KINDS, BORDER PEOPLE, EACH AND EVERY THING, THE REAL AMERICANS, TINGS DEY HAPPEN, and CIRCUMNAVIGATOR, have toured the country including Off-Broadway at The Public Theater and Culture Project, Baltimore Center Stage, Berkeley Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Mosaic (D.C.), Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center Stage, Playmakers Rep (North Carolina), Painted Bride (Philly), Pure Theater (Charleston, South Carolina). He’s also performed abroad in Kolkata, India, Dublin, Ireland, Swansea, Wales, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Calgary, Canada and a five city tour of Nigeria (Lagos, Abuja, Bauchi, Jos, and Calabar).

Hoyle has been recognized with many awards, including the Will Glickman, Prize of Hope, Bay Area Theater Critics Circle, multiple TBA awards, and Lucille Lortel (Nomination). He's been supported by grants from the Edgerton Foundation, Pew Theater Initiative, Fleishhacker Foundation, and been commissioned by Aurora Theater, First Person Arts, San Francisco Playhouse and The Working Theater. He holds a double degree in Performance Studies and History from Northwestern University and was a Fulbright Scholar in Nigeria in 2005-2006.

He has been an artist-in-residence at Columbia University, Trinity College, Dublin, and Santa Clara University and teaches storytelling to newcomer youth at the Mind, Media, and Matter Lab at Calgary University. He works as an acting and story coach at the Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project, and has taught at several colleges and universities. He lives in Oakland with his wife, an art teacher in East Bay public schools, and their two children.

 He writes essays about his work on his Substack Go There to Know There, which you can read here. He posts erratically on IG @cuttyhoyle