About His Work

David was marked at a young age with a longing for connection and romance, the result of having been raised in an entirely pleasant suburban Cleveland home, redolent of Puritanic restraint. He honed his writing in an effort to cleave the Gordian knot of human emotion.

Through his work, David Hansen seeks to describe what we owe to each other as people. What are our fundamental obligations to one another? Hansen’s work is intimate, wildly theatrical, funny, tender and surprising, incorporating pop culture and a keen awareness of history.

Biography

David Hansen has participated in Cleveland’s theater renaissance as a co-founder and artistic director of Guerrilla Theater Company, Dobama’s Night Kitchen and Bad Epitaph Theater Company, as well as an actor and director at Cleveland Play House, Great Lakes Theater, Dobama Theatre, Beck Center and Karamu House.   

David Hansen has participated in Cleveland’s theater renaissance as a co-founder and artistic director of Guerrilla Theater Company, Dobama’s Night Kitchen and Bad Epitaph Theater Company, as well as an actor and director at Cleveland Play House, Great Lakes Theater, Dobama Theatre, Beck Center and Karamu House.   

His award-winning work on stillbirth, I Hate This (a play without the baby), has been produced across the nation and internationally. He has also co-produced radio dramas for WCPN Ideastream, and been a contributor to Cleveland, Angle, and Muse Magazines. His published plays can be found at Pioneer Drama Service, Playscripts and YouthPLAYS. David is Education Outreach Associate for Great Lakes Theater and a member of the Dramatists Guild of America.  

David lives in Cleveland Heights, the City of Great Writers.