Dan Hoyle and process

Back in November of 2010 I posted on Dan Hoyle and his one-man show THE REAL AMERICANS. I saw him perform in in Philadelphia back in early 2010. Great show and Hoyle is a great performer.

Anyway, I revisited online a short kind of mini-documentary about the making of THE REAL AMERICANS and really got a kick from seeing Hoyle's behind-the-scenes process.

Definitely thought it was worth a repost.

And here he talks about performing in Portland at PCS and below that on Charlie Rose...

Dan Hoyle and Portland. from Portland Center Stage on Vimeo.

Here's a link to him in 2008 on Charlie Rose (be warned, the video is touchy...)

Dan Hoyle's THE REAL AMERICANS

Earlier this month I caught Dan Hoyle's show THE REAL AMERICANS at the Painted Bride Theatre in Philadelphia.

Besides the wonderful things I could say about both Dan's writing as well as his performance, I have to give him kudos for one moment of pure spontaneity. Somehow a dog wandered up onto the stage part way through his show the night I attended (was this a pet someone had brought in?). Just as the whole audience began to turn its attention away from the story to wonder "hey, is that a dog up there?" Dan acknowledged the canine with a quick ad-lib and touched based real quick with the audience - while still totally in character - and then continued with the show.

Also, here's a great peek behind the development process in this mini-documentary...



You can read more about Dan's show THE REAL AMERICANS on his website.