Danny Hoch is a writer and actor whose plays have toured the U.S. and the world garnering many awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship for Drama, 2 OBIE Awards, Sundance Playwriting and Screenwriting Fellowships, the CalArts/Alpert Award In Theatre and he was named a USA Ford Fellow for his contributions to the American Theatre. His writing has appeared in The Village Voice, New York Times, Harper’s, The Nation, American Theatre, and various books: Out Of Character, Extreme Exposure, Total Chaos and his own Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop by Villard/Random House. His writing and acting credits for TV and film include The Knick, Maniac, Nurse Jackie, Blue Bloods, Law & Order, The Good Wife, Blackhawk Down, War Of The Worlds, Lucky You, We Own The Night, Bamboozled, BlackKklansman, She’s Gotta Have It, Prison Song, Some People, Subway Stories, Thin Red Line, Ted, Home, Whiteboys, and Henry’s Crime. Mr. Hoch founded the Hip-Hop Theater Festival which has presented scores of Hip-Hop Generation plays from around the globe for two decades.
