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Daniel Singer (actor)
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Daniel Singer is an accomplished performer, director, writer, designer, producer, and educator in the theatrical arts.
At the age of 18 he co-founded General Amazement Theater in Santa Rosa, CA, which produced three musicals in its first (and only) season, including Singer’s original adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland".
Upon his return from studying “proper dramatic technique” in London, he founded the subversive Reduced Shakespeare Company
, whose three-man farce The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) toured the globe, played in London’s West End
for nine years, and has become one of the world’s most popular shows.
In 1989 Singer hung up his doublet-and-hose to design theme parks at Walt Disney Imagineering
, specializing in model-making, production design and field art direction (Splash Mountain, Toontown, Animal Kingdom, Muppet*Vision 3D, Indiana Jones). While at WDI, Singer co-founded the Flower Street Players, an in-house theatre company for Disney employees, where he co-produced six plays, and starred as Snoopy
in "You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown" – as well as serving as the show’s director and designer.
Leaving the theme park business in 2000, Singer returned to writing for the theater. His latest works are a musical about the psychological effects of the Roswell UFO Incident
on its witnesses and The Disney Strike, a play chronicling the labor dispute that crippled the Disney Studio in 1941.
At the age of 18 he co-founded General Amazement Theater in Santa Rosa, CA, which produced three musicals in its first (and only) season, including Singer’s original adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland".
Upon his return from studying “proper dramatic technique” in London, he founded the subversive Reduced Shakespeare Company
Reduced Shakespeare Company
The Reduced Shakespeare Company is an American acting troupe that writes and performs unsubtle, fast-paced, seemingly improvisational condensations of huge topics.- Overview :...
, whose three-man farce The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) toured the globe, played in London’s West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
for nine years, and has become one of the world’s most popular shows.
In 1989 Singer hung up his doublet-and-hose to design theme parks at Walt Disney Imagineering
Walt Disney Imagineering
Walt Disney Imagineering is the design and development arm of the Walt Disney Company, responsible for the creation and construction of Disney theme parks worldwide...
, specializing in model-making, production design and field art direction (Splash Mountain, Toontown, Animal Kingdom, Muppet*Vision 3D, Indiana Jones). While at WDI, Singer co-founded the Flower Street Players, an in-house theatre company for Disney employees, where he co-produced six plays, and starred as Snoopy
Snoopy
Snoopy is an fictional character in the long-running comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. He is Charlie Brown's pet beagle. Snoopy began his life in the strip as a fairly conventional dog, but eventually evolved into perhaps the strip's most dynamic character—and among the most recognizable...
in "You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown" – as well as serving as the show’s director and designer.
Leaving the theme park business in 2000, Singer returned to writing for the theater. His latest works are a musical about the psychological effects of the Roswell UFO Incident
Roswell UFO incident
The Roswell UFO Incident was the recovery of an object that crashed in the general vicinity of Roswell, New Mexico, in June or July 1947, allegedly an extra-terrestrial spacecraft and its alien occupants. Since the late 1970s the incident has been the subject of intense controversy and of...
on its witnesses and The Disney Strike, a play chronicling the labor dispute that crippled the Disney Studio in 1941.
External links
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) from The London Theatre Guide
- Biographies from the Past from The Reduced Shakespeare Company
- Rozwell - The Musical Legend