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  Dan Giles | Playwright

Breeders

Photos by Hunter Canning, from the New Light Theater Project production (NYC)
Two men, Dean and Mikey, prepared for ages to have a baby, but now Dean’s doubts gnaw at him.

Two hamsters, Tyson and Jason, are abruptly pregnant with nine babies, and now Tyson’s fears nibble at her.

Nobody was planning to eat anyone. Things just got out of hand.


​read on the New Play Exchange

"Both nature and nurture take it on the chin in Breeders, Dan Giles's sly and keen-witted dark comedy. A cheeky inquiry into the naturalness of domesticity that transcends distinctions of species, sexuality, and gender."  - Adam Feldman, Time Out New York (four stars, Critic's Pick)
Production & Development

production
New Light Theater Project (New York, NY), September 2017
​dir. Jaki Bradley
feat. Alton Alburo, Fernando Gonzalez, Lea McKenna-Garcia, & Jacob Perkins

production
FaultLine Theater (San Francisco, CA), April 2017
dir. Adam Odsess-Rubin
​dramaturg Austin Owen
feat. Sam Bertken, Ryan Hayes, Neil Higgins, & Nikki Meñez

reading
​Great Plains Theatre Conference (Omaha, NE), 2016
dir. Ron Zank
dramaturg Emma Goldman-Sherman
feat. Thomas Gjere, Thomas Lowe, Krystal Kelly, Nick Albrecht, & Bill Grennan

workshop
Dixon Place (New York, NY), 2016
dir. Alex Tobey
feat. Bryan Kauder, Luke LaMontagne, Ben Lorenz, & Annie Yokom

Awards

New Light New Voices Award
New Light Theater Project (New York, NY), 2017
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Mark Twain Prize for Comic Playwriting
Kennedy Center ACTF (Washington, D.C.), 2016

nominations: Excellence in Theatre Awards for Production & Ensemble
Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle

finalist
Bay Area Playwrights Festival (San Francisco, CA), 2016
Lark Playwrights' Week (New York, NY), 2016
Playwrights Center Core Apprentice Fellowship, 2015 & 2016
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