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

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​