Bio
 
Short Version (for programs, blurbs, and press releases)

Dan Oliverio has worked in theater for over 20 years both as a free-lance director and producer. As co-founder of The Antrobus Group he has premiered many new works and classics including Jennifer Maisel's Mad Love (winner of the Roger L. Steven Award for New Playwriting) and Sandra Laub’s Wild Desires: The Story of Madame Bovary. He is also the author of the new American translation of Nobel laureate Jacinto Benavente’s The Scheme of Things (orig. Los intereses creados), which debuted in Los Angeles at the El Portal Center for the Arts. In addition to his work with Antrobus, he has directed for One Dream Theater in New York, Theater of NOTE in Los Angeles, and New Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

Long Version (for background, interviews, and general curiosity)

Dan OliverioDan Oliverio has worked in theater for over 20 years as a free-lance director and producer. As co-founder of The Antrobus Group he has premiered many new works and classics including Jennifer Maisel’s Mad Love (winner of the Roger L. Steven Award for New Playwriting) and Sandra Laub’s Wild Desires: The Story of Madame Bovary. Oliverio is also the author of the new American translation of Nobel laureate Jacinto Benavente’s The Scheme of Things, which debuted this summer in Los Angeles. In addition to his work with Antrobus, he has directed for One Dream Theater in New York, Theater of NOTE in Los Angeles, and New Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

Oliverio has an eclectic background both in terms of professional experience and academia. He started his university studies in physics, but eventually graduated with a B.A. in Theater from Cornell and an M.F.A. in directing the Univeristy of Texas at Austin. These degrees were broadened by other fields of investigation, including music performance & theory, linguistics (translation, dialectology, Mayan hieroglyphic writing), and the sciences (math, physics, computer programming). As a producer/director, he has mounted shows in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors, raising capital and running fundraisers.