Ensemble Member Bio

NAME: Dan Liston

MIT MAJOR(s): Business Management, Theater Arts

MIT YEAR: 2004

SHAKESPEARE ENSEMBLE ROLES:

• Summer '05: Machinal - Publicity Manager, Stagehand
• Spring '05: Othello - Othello
• Fall '04: The Taming of the Shrew - Publicity Manager, Sound
• Spring '04: Much Ado About Nothing - Sound Designer, Spotlight Op
• Fall '03: Antigone - Sound Designer, Publicity Manager
• Summer '03: The Importance of Being Earnest - Lady Augusta Bracknell
• Spring '03: Antony and Cleopatra - Assistant Director
• Fall '02: Twelfth Night - Sound Designer
• Spring '02 Scene Night: Apres Opera - Duncan the Narcoleptic Boyfriend
• Spring '02: The Winter's Tale - Lord #2, Happy Dancing Shepherd

OTHER SHOWS AND ROLES:

• Fall '02, Thesis by Dan Katz: Never Swim Alone - Frank
• Fall '02, Workshop: The Merchant of Venice - Lorenzo
• Spring '02, Playwrights in Performance: A Day in the Life of Brian - God
• Fall '01, Community Players: The Crucible - Lt. Governor Danforth
• Fall '00, Dramashop One Acts: A Head for Ganesh - Swami Satprepji

If one were to search back further into Dan's theater past one would find...

• To Kill A Mockingbird - Atticus Finch
• You Can't Take It With You - Grandfather
• Pippin - Pippin
• Oliver - Orphan #6

FAVORITE SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTER:
Mercutio, from Romeo and Juliet, because if you gotta go...

PERSONAL STATEMENT:
Dan Liston is a constant advocate for the unification of MIT theater in all its forms, and hopes that some day soon MIT theater will become world renowned for excellence, thus making his second major worth something. Enjoy your day.