Daniel Alexander Jones
DirectorDaniel Alexander Jones (director) has created a dynamic body of work across disciplines for over twenty years. His acclaimed performances as his alter ego, Jomama Jones, include Radiate (Soho Rep, and subsequent national tour), Black Light (Joe’s Pub), and Night Flowers (JACK). Daniel’s plays and performance pieces include Blood:Shock:Boogie, Phoenix Fabrik, Bel Canto, and the, multi-year project, The Book of Daniel. He directed world premiere productions of pieces by Dr. E. Patrick Johnson, Erik Ehn, Shay Youngblood and Renita Martin, among others. Daniel received the highly prestigious Doris Duke Artist Award and the Alpert Award in Theatre. He was an inaugural Creative Capital Artist; the MAP Fund, the Jerome Foundation, and McKnight Foundation, among others, have supported his work. Daniel was a Resident Playwright with New Dramatists, and a Core Member of the Playwrights’ Center. He heads the Playwriting track at Fordham University, where he is an Associate Professor of Theatre. Daniel lives in NYC.