Daniel H. Spector

Daniel Spector teaches courses on Shakespeare, acting, and collaboration. He has directed and coached actors on over 50 productions of 26 of Shakespeare's plays, as well as directing numerous other projects at NYU and elsewhere. He is a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab and an alumnus of the Broadway Theatre Project. He has served as a consultant to PBS on matters Shakespearean, moderated Artist Talks at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, led workshops for numerous arts organizations, produced many readings of new plays, and spoken at conferences around the world (British Shakespeare Association, Offensive Shakespeare, BritGrad, Shakespeare Theatre Conference). He recently published an article, “Teaching Shakespeare’s Yes in the Era of No” for the journal, Shakespeare, which summarizes his current research interest: the intersection of performance training and politics.

Spector holds a joint appointment with the Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing.