Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels, Founder and Executive Director, has been a professional actor since 1976. Jeff has written twelve plays for the PRTC: Shoe Man, The Tropical Pickle, Thy Kingdom's Coming, Across the Way (2002 Finalist for the American Theatre Critics Association National Award for Best New Play), Norma & Wanda, The Vast Difference, Escanaba in da Moonlight, Apartment 3A, Boom Town, Escanaba In Love, Guest Artist (2006 Runner-up for The American Theatre Critics Association National Award for Best New Play) and Panhandle Slim and The Oklahoma Kid. Along with directing the PRTC productions of Boom Town and Lanford Wilson's The Hot L Baltimore, Jeff wrote, acted, and directed the Purple Rose Films' version of Escanaba in da Moonlight and Super Sucker (awarded Best Comedy at the 2001 U.S. Comedy Film Festival in Aspen, CO). Proceeds from his three CDs - Live & Unplugged at The Purple Rose, Grandfather's Hat, and Together Again (www.jeffdaniels.com) - go directly to The Purple Rose.