Dan HoyleColombian Guerrilla Peace Accords, Hate Group Refugees, and TikTop Deep Fakes — How a Show EvolvesPeople ask me how do I decide what to write about in my plays. I’m curious about something, and then the research leads me.Nov 5, 2022Nov 5, 2022
Dan HoyleWhen People In the Show Come to See the ShowMost people feel misunderstood. When I ask a room of people in a class or a post-show Q&A if you feel understood in a significant way…May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
Dan HoyleThe Great Pause***I wrote the first part of this in early May 2020, and the second part after George Floyd’s murder and the protests a couple week later…Jun 22, 2021Jun 22, 2021
Dan HoyleWhat The First Week of Fatherhood Did to MeI wrote this essay over five years ago, in 2015, when our first child was born and we were living in an apartment above the Bronx…Feb 2, 2021Feb 2, 2021
Dan HoyleThe Case for Biden/Harris 2020I watched parts of the RNC so you don’t have to. But I’d like to convince you to Phonebank for Democrats.Sep 11, 2020Sep 11, 2020
Dan HoyleLife in times of Covid-19Around week three of California’s shelter-in-place order, pigeons and pigeon poop arrived in our backyard. We live in a quiet neighborhood…May 5, 2020May 5, 2020
Dan HoyleWe are all artrecluses nowWe are all shut ins now. Home schoolers. First thing in the morning banana bread bakers. Midday dance party throwers. Living room obstacle…Mar 17, 2020Mar 17, 2020
Dan HoyleOn this moment in our country, camping in Walmart parking lots, and where do we go from hereThis is me in my van 11 years ago on the first night of the big research trip for The Real Americans, about to camp down in a Walmart…Aug 9, 2019Aug 9, 2019