Dan Bray (he/him) is a multidisciplinary artist living in beautiful Kjipuktuk (Halifax) and has been fortunate to work with several of Nova Scotia’s finest companies and theatre schools – as a playwright, director, educator, actor, dramaturg, and more. As Artistic Director of The Villains Theatre, he has written, directed, and adapted many shows including International Waters, Zomblet, Knight of the Bat, and Observatory Mansions. Most recently, his mystery Deepwater received the national Playwrights Guild of Canada Drama Award and the Robert Merritt Award (“Outstanding New Play by a Nova Scotian”), and was a Semifinalist in the Risk Theatre Modern Tragedy Competition as well as First Runner Up for the Jenny Munday Atlantic Canadian Play Award. In 2023, he received an East Coast Music Award nomination for Dinostories (“Children’s Entertainer of the Year”), and his work has been performed across the maritimes, as well as in British Columbia and Ontario.
Dan sits on the board of the Bus Stop Theatre Cooperative and the Halifax Fringe Festival. He is the ongoing co-producer of the TNS Merritt Awards, and he received his MA from the University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama.
