Biography
Dan Fishback has been writing and performing in New York City since 2003. Major works include You Will Experience Silence (Dixon Place, 2009, which the Village Voice called "sassier and more fun than Angels in America"), No Direction Homo (P.S. 122, 2006), and Please Let Me Love You (Dixon
Place, 2006). Also a performing songwriter and recording artist,
Fishback began his solo music career in the East Village’s anti-folk
scene. His band, Cheese On Bread, has toured Europe and North America,
and has released records in the United States and Japan. Fishback has shared stages with Ani Difranco and Kimya Dawson as part of the
punk dance troupe Underthrust. He regularly visits colleges all
over the country to lead workshops on solo performance, and to speak on
queer and Jewish issues.
Fishback was a 2007-2009 recipient of the Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists. He has been granted residencies at Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and Dixon Place, and is a 2010-2011 Artist-in-Residence at Brooklyn Arts Exchange. This year, he received a Franklin Furnace Fund grant to develop his new solo show, thirtynothing. He freelances as a life coach and doesn't need certification thankyouverymuch.
Fishback was a 2007-2009 recipient of the Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists. He has been granted residencies at Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and Dixon Place, and is a 2010-2011 Artist-in-Residence at Brooklyn Arts Exchange. This year, he received a Franklin Furnace Fund grant to develop his new solo show, thirtynothing. He freelances as a life coach and doesn't need certification thankyouverymuch.
To inquire about performances, talks, workshops and coaching, email him here.
Tax Deductible Donations
Dan Fishback is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions in behalf of Dan Fishback may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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