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Daniel Hahn

DANIEL HAHN  (1969 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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Daniel Hahn is the Director of Education for Cleveland's Great Lakes Theater Festival, and is responsible for creating and maintaining a range of education programs for both students and adults throughout Northeast Ohio. Mr. Hahn graduated summa cum laude from both Baldwin-Wallace College (B.A., Theatre) and the University of akron (M.A., Theatre). He served as supervisor of the Festival's School Residency Program for four years where he worked as an actor-teacher during the 1995-96 season. Mr. Hahn is also a graduate of New York City's American Music and Dramatic academy as well as the National Shakespeare Conservatory's acting program. as an actor Mr. Hahn has appeared in numerous productions including The Diary of Adam and Eve in Volgograd, Russia and Hedda Gabler at Dobama Theatre. as a director he staged the 1999 all-Ohio Show in Columbus, the Festival's touring educational outreach plays Met by Moonlight and Before the Storm, as well as Macbeth at Baldwin-Wallace College in the spring semester of 2008. as an educator he teaches Theater Management and Production as well as Creative Dramatics at Baldwin-Wallace College. as a playwright his one-act play Seeing Red toured regionally for GLTF in the spring of 2008, as did Before the Storm in 2007, and his ten-minute play "Rosie's Turn" launched the Festival's 2005 touring production Seven ages. Mr. Hahn produces and adjudicates a student play writing competition at Lorain County Community College each spring, judges GLTF's annual a Christmas Carol Writing Contest in Cleveland as well as Dobama's annual Marilyn Bianchi's Kids' Playwriting Competition. He also writes the program notes for all Festival productions.

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below is a list of Daniel Hahn's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Before The Storm         Missing Noah         Oona Peruna         Rosey's Turn         Seeing Red         Twisting Hay

Before The Storm

Synopsis:
What happened on Prospero's magical isle before he summoned forth the tempest? See how Miranda and ariel attempt to transform the monstrous Caliban from beast to god using Prospero's magical book, "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare." Will the evil witch Sycorax continue her dominance of the isle, or will the magic or Shakespeare's art set Caliban free? Find out in this imagined prequel to William Shakespeare's "The Tempest."

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The Action takes place on A single setting: A small corner of the enchanted isle of William Shakespeare's The Tempest. The world premiere was designed As An educational touring play written to give context to An upcoming main stage production of The Tempest. The set consisted of A drape And pole backdrop, two tree stumps And one eight foot tree. A portable sound system was utilized. The time is just before Act I, scene i of William Shakespeare's The Tempest. Suitable for Audiences of All Ages.

1st Produced:
Cleveland, OH    2007

Organisations:
Great Lakes Theater Festival

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Missing Noah

Synopsis:
When young Noah is abducted, his family's world collapses. The prime suspect in the case have told his attorney key information regarding the kidnapping and possible murder, but Ohio law prevents the lawyer from revealing the privileged discussions to the family. Torn between her moral obligation to her oath and her moral obligation to the family, this fictitious play is inspired by actual events.

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The play is written for A cast of seven to perform twelve roles: four women, two men, And one boy Aged 8. The Action moves between six settings: A modest, middle class home in northeast Ohio; A police interrogation room; A judge's private chambers; A lawyer's bedroom; A jail cell; A hospital room. The time is present day.

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Oona Peruna

Synopsis:
a ghost haunts theatres producing the plays of Eugene O'Neill. See what happens when she arrives just after load out of the world premiere of "a Moon for the Misbegotten."

Notes:
Bare stage.

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Genre:
Short Ghost Play

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Rosey's Turn

Synopsis:
Written as the first of seven ten-minute plays to commemorate Shakespeare's "seven ages of man" in conjunction with Great Lakes Theater Festival's 2005 production of "as You Like It," "Rosey's Turn" explores the first age, the infant "mewling and puking in the nurse's arms" as breech baby Rosey is encouraged to invert her position by Maude, the Breech Baby Banshee, so that she might be born.

Notes:
The characters Are Rosey, A breech baby, And Maude, The Breech Baby Banshee. The time is the day of ROSEY'S birth, present day, the setting Rosey's mother's womb.

1st Produced:
Cleveland, OH    2005

Organisations:
Great Lakes Theater Festival

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Genre:
Ten min

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Seeing Red

Synopsis:
Seeing Red is a one act play composed primarily of actual House Un-American activities Committee testimony. The play was conceived as an educational companion piece to arthur Miller's The Crucible, although it stands on its own as well. It captures a pivotal time in our nation's history, beginning in 1938 with the testimony of Federal Theater Project director Hallie Flanagan, followed by Ronald Reagan's 1947 testimony, Paul Robeson's 1956 testimony, and concluding with arthur Miller's testimony in 1956. In addition to serving as a tangible foundation for the events which led Miller to write The Crucible, the play also invites questions about our government's political policies in the war on terror.

Notes:
The Action takes place in A single setting: A congressional hearing room in the House of Representatives. The world premiere was designed As A touring play that fit into A single cargo van. The set consisted of three chairs, one table, A backdrop unit that held period images which rotated on A scroll, And two movable door shaped units on casters. There Are five scenes spanning nearly two decades: Scene 1: 1938; Scene 2: 1947; Scenes 3 & 4: 1956; Scene 5: present day. The play runs 60 minutes.

1st Produced:
Cleveland, OH    2008

Organisations:
Great Lakes Theater Festival

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Genre:
One act

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Twisting Hay

Synopsis:
The phrase "twisting hay" is Irish slang for starting trouble, usually in a playful way. Cliona Mooney is discontented with her life, in particular her beau Baylor. When her former lover auley escapes from prison, hijinks ensue.

Notes:
The entire Action takes place in one location: A tiny home in the Irish countryside. Summer. Present day. Cliona Mooney: A robust woman, handsome And pretty; Approximately 35; Baylor O'Beadlaoich: her sometimes fella; Approximately 30; Auley O'haimheirgin: An escaped convict And Cliona's former lover; Approximately 40; Duffy Murphy: A one-eyed piano tuner with double vision And Baylor's best friend; Approximately 60; Seamus O'Ceallaigh: A charming And decent officer of the peace; Approximately 65.

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Genre:
full length Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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