Dane Terry

Dane Terry is the co-creator, writer, composer, and star of Dreamboy.

## A Brief History

"I am a storyteller, composer, pianist and singer from Ohio now anchored in New York City. I have been playing piano for 22 years and am completely self-taught. At first I played exclusively boogie-woogie for 6 hours a day in my underwear, but I later branched out into many other styles including late romantic and 20th century classical, latin, folk, jazz, pop and pants. I learned by ear and gradually absorbed the characteristics of certain styles and genres and incorporated them into my increasingly kaleidoscopic improvisations.  I started writing songs in 2007 and performed my first set in August of 2008 at The Bean Holler Music Festival on a "farm" outside of Columbus, Ohio.  I had a penchant for stage banter from the beginning and it soon became a staple of my live sets.  People started suggesting that maybe what I did was theater and after a few eureka moments (it takes a few when you're stubborn) I packed up and moved to New York City. These days I perform and make music and stories in many media including: Musical Audio Dramas, the last of which was an 8-part miniseries released as a podcast called *Dreamboy -* Theater - Storytelling - Songs - Film (working on a couple screenplays presently, one of them an animated opera of sorts) -  I also compose music for other Film/TV/Podcast projects." - Dane Terry \*from www.thedaneterry.com

## Press/Quotes

* **"Dane Terry is the millennial Cole Porter.  He's got the hooks of Elton John, the jokes of Tom Waits and the heart of Leonard Cohen."** **- John Cameron Mitchell, creator of *Hedwig and the Angry Inch***
* ***"*outrageously talented"** **-TIMEOUT NEW YORK**
* **"...this guy is fucking incredible, as a songwriter, a lyricist, and a multi-instrumentalist. He could be the next Elton John, the next Mark Eitzel, the next Randy Newman, and he has the potential to best all three."** **-Doug Mosurock, STILL SINGLE**
* **"...gifted with such a voice, a weird mix of Antony and Woody Guthrie, somehow both world-weary and bleary-eyed."** **-Shane Barnes, FLAVORWIRE**
* **"...gifted with such a voice, a weird mix of Antony and Woody Guthrie, somehow both world-weary and bleary-eyed."** **-Shane Barnes, FLAVORWIRE**

## Resume

### Theatre

* ​***Bird in the House - (Writer, Composer, Performer)*** **premiered at La MaMa (NYC) in 2015 and went on to be in Under The Radar at The Public Theater in 2016 and subsequently toured.**
* ***Jupiter's Lifeless Moons - (Writer, Composer, Performer)*** premiered at **PSNY** for **COIL 2018**

### Podcasts

* ​***PODCASTS:*** ***Dreamboy -  2018-2019  (Writer, Composer, Performer)*** ***Distributed by Night Vale Presents.***

### Albums

* ***Music From Dreamboy, Vols 1 & 2 - 2020***
* ***The Wild of Town - 2017***
* ***Color Movies - 2015***
* ***Something for the Ladies - 2015***
* ***7 Songs - 2011***
* ***Songs of the Telephant - 2009***

### Awards/Residencies/Grants/Highlights:

* 2015 **Devised Theater Working Group** at The Public Theater in NYC
* 2016 recipient of the **Ethyl Eichelberger Award** from PSNY
* 2016 Performed ***Bird in the House*** as part of **Incoming! at Under The Radar Festival** at The Public Theater
* 2016 Headline Performer at **Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Fest**
* 2016 Performed ***Bird in the House*** at **Wexner Center for the Arts** in Columbus, Ohio
* 2017 recipient of a **BAX Space Grant** from BAX
* 2018 **Freehand Artist in Residence -** Freehand Hotel in association with Bard College
* 2019 **Kimmel Center Theater Residency** at The Kimmel Center in Philadelphia
* 2019 **Welcome To Night Vale: Spy in the Desert Tour** - Performed as opening act on a 40+ city North American tour with a major Podcast. ***\****information from www.thedaneterry.com[1]​