Currently Brian is the director of classical studies for Impro Theatre’s “Unscripted Rep.” Originally from San Francisco, Brian co-founded “Bay Area Theatresports” and was founder and artistic director of the award-winning “Pulp Playhouse.” He performed the improvised show “Lifegame,” off-Broadway and hosted the TV version for TNN. In Las Vegas, Brian was composer and improviser for the improv/sketch show “BOO!” which ran for one year at New York New York Hotel and Casino, and where jumping out of a coffin never got old. Ever. His one-man show about a depressed lounge singer, “Johnny Lonely’s Unhappy Hour,” was nominated for a Fringe first at the Adelaide Fringe Festival and was a critic’s choice in Seattle, Melbourne and Edinburgh. TV and Film appearances include “American Body Shop,” “World Cup Comedy,” “Ask Rita” and the upcoming film “He Was a Quiet Man” with William H. Macy. In 2006, Brian was part of “Unexpected Shakespeare” and improvised 20 full-length Shakespeare plays on the main stage of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Other regional theater credits include The Old Globe Theatre and A.C.T., where he also was core faculty in the MFA in acting programs. Other directing credits include “An Unscripted Carol” (improvised Dickens) and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” for Ukiah Players Theatre.

Dan is Co-founder of the critically acclaimed Impro Theatre as well as a co-founder of four other American Theatresports companies including Bay Area Theatresports. He performed in the Improbable Theatre’s production of “Lifegame” Off-Broadway and in the TNN television series of the same name. He co-created the NBC/PAX television improv comedy show “World Cup Comedy.” He was chosen from improvisers all over the country last summer to represent our gloriously spontaneous nation as one third of the American Team at the Improv World Cup Tournament in Germany.

Television acting credits include the upcoming pilot “Star and Stella,” “Seinfeld,” “Campus Ladies,” “Malcolm In the Middle,” “The Tonight Show,” and series regular roles on “The Newz,” and “Quick Witz” (for which he was also a producer).

Television directing credits include the critically acclaimed ABC hybrid sit-com “Sons and Daughters” and “Campus Ladies” for the Oxygen Network. He was a writer and the improv director for “The Wayne Brady Show.”

He was an adjunct professor for USC ‘s BFA program. He has taught at UT, DUKE, Pepperdine, UCLA extension and an improv companies around the world. He is a graduate of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London and an executive board member of the International Theatresports Institute.