“THE NIGHT THE MOON LANDED ON 39TH STREET”
Writer, Producer, Performer // Premiere 6/99
Solo multimedia performance:
The wonders of life on - and off - Planet Earth...

Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica
Bangkok Playhouse Theatre, Thailand
Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa, O.
Beasley Coliseum, Pullman, WA
Japan America Theater, Los Angeles
Mark Taper Auditorium, Los Angeles Public Library
24th Street Theater, Los Angeles

“THE DODO VACCINE”
Writer, Producer, Performer // Premiere 2/96
Solo multimedia performance & sculptural installation:
HIV/AIDS and Asian Americans...
(partial listings)
Duke Institute of the Arts - Durham, NC
Spitalfields Market Art Project - London, England
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica
Northwest Asian American Theater - Seattle, WI
Walker's Point Center for the Arts - Milwaukee, WI
Chicago Cultural Center
Actor’s Theater of Louisville - KY
Luna Park Cabaret - West Hollywood, CA
New School for Social Research - NY
San Juan Capistrano Arts Center, CA
Seattle University - Seattle, WA
University of California Santa Cruz
Reed College - Portland, OR
SUNY - Buffalo, NY

“MONKHOOD IN 3 EASY LESSONS”
Writer, Producer, Performer // Premiere 6/93
Solo multimedia performance:
Asian American male identity - Geeks & Studs; Heroes & Nerds...
(partial listings)
Hong Kong Star Alliance City Festival
Ex-Teresa Arte Alternativo - Mexico City
The Stage - San Jose, CA.
Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia
NEW World Theater - Amherst, MA.
Japan America Theater - L.A.
Franklin Furnace - N.Y.
Highways - Santa Monica
Michigan State University
New School for Social Research, NY.
N.A.M.E. Gallery - Chicago, IL.
Penn State University - State College, PA.
Wellesley College, MA.
Seattle University, WA.
S.U.N.Y. - Buffalo, NY.
University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI.

“TALES FROM THE FRACTURED TAO with MASTER NICE GUY”
Writer, Producer, Performer // Premiere 2/91
Solo multimedia performance: Dysfunctional family, Asian American style...
(partial listings)
Cleveland Public Theater - Cleveland, OH
L.A. Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)
N.A.M.E. Gallery - Chicago, IL
Theater/Theatre - Hollywood, CA
East West Players Theater - Los Angeles
Cal State University, Los Angeles
Pitzer College - Pomona, CA
Highways - Santa Monica, CA

“SECRETS OF THE SAMURAI CENTERFIELDER”
Writer, Producer, Performer // Premiere 9/89
Solo multimedia performance:
Cultural confusion & discovery in the outfield of life...
(partial listings)
UCLA Jan Popper Theater - Los Angeles
Seven Stages Theater - Atlanta, GA
Dance Place Theater- Washington D.C.
Diverseworks - Houston, TX
East West Players Theater
Sushi Performance Space - San Diego, C.
Dance Theater Workshop - NY
University of Southern California
Climate Theater - San Francisco, CA
Whitman College - Walla Walla, WA.
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum - CA
Northwest Asian American Theater - Seattle,WA
Contemporary Arts Center - New Orleans, LA
Highways - Santa Monica, CA

“CORRESPONDENCE OF A DANGEROUS ENEMY ALIEN”
Writer, Producer, Performer Premiered 7/95
Site-specific multimedia performance chronicling Japanese grandfather’s journey thru WWII internment

Japan America Theater, Los Angeles

OTHER THEATER PROJECTS:
“THE ART OF RICE”
Collaborative performance with APPEX artists from China, Burma, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Taiwan, Dominican Republic and the U.S. Bali, Indonesia. Writer, performer 2002/2003 Bali, Hawaii, Los Angeles

"THE MEKONG PROJECT"
International residency in northern Thailand, Laos and Cambodia working with artists from China, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, U.S. Performer, Facilitator 2003/2004

“SLEEPING WITH STRANGERS”
Collaborative performance with Peng Jingquan, traditional Chinese opera artist. Los Angeles, CA. Writer, performer. Nordica Gallery, Kunming, China; Highways (premiere 2/06); Duke University, NC; NYU; Whitman College, WA.

“WOMEN WARRIOR TALES”
Collaborative project touring Java, Indonesia with International WOW Company. Jakarta, Jogjyakarta, Indramayu, Solo. Storytelling Consultant, Performer 6/00

AWARDS:
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Grantee - 1990
Brody Arts Fund Fellowship, Performance Art - 1990
Art Matters Inc. Fellowship, Performance Art - 1990
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Grantee - 1991
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship - 1992
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Grantee - 1992
Franklin Furnace New York, Emerging Artist Fellowship - 1994
Japanese American Internment Commemoration Competition Grantee - 1994
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Grantee - 1994
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship - 1995
Art Matters Inc. Fellowship, Performance Art - 1995
L.A. Contemporary Exhibitions Project Grant - 1995
Alpert Award in the Arts, Nominee - 1995
Djerassi Residency Fellowship - 1995
Rockefeller Foundation Award - 1995/96
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Grantee - 1997
Asia Pacific Performance Exchange (APPEX) Int'l Residency Fellowship - 1999
The Durfee Foundation - Project Completion Grant, Indonesia - 2000
Asian Cultural Council - Traveling Fellowship, Thailand - 2001
Alpert Award in the Arts, Nominee - 2001
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Grantee - 2003
California Community Foundation Mid-Career Artist Fellowship - 2004

Japanese American Historical Society - 2004

PUBLICATIONS:
“FROM INNER WORLDS TO OUTER SPACE:
The Multimedia Performances of Dan Kwong” (July 2004)
Edited by Prof. Robert Vorlicky. University of Michigan Press
“JOURNAL OF AMERICAN DRAMA AND THEATRE”
Spring 2002 Vol. 14 , No. 2
“YELLOW LIGHT - The Flowering of Asian American Arts”
Edited by Amy Ling, UW Madison Press 1999
“GETTING YOUR SOLO ACT TOGETHER” Michael Kearns, Author 1997
“LIVING IN AMERICA - A Pop Culture Reader” Edited by Scott Covell 1997
“ON A BED OF RICE: An Anthology of Asian American Erotica”
Edited by Geraldine Kudaka 1995
“HIGH PERFORMANCE MAGAZINE” Winter issue 1993

AFFILIATIONS:
Screen Actors Guild; California Arts Council Touring Roster - 1993 to present.
Founder, Curator, Project Director - “Treasure in the House”, annual Asian Pacific American Performance and Visual Art Series, Highways Performance Space - 1991 to present.
Resident Artist at the 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica.

TEACHING:
Numerous workshops & residencies teaching autobiographical writing and performance: England, Canada, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Thailand, U.S.

EDUCATION:
BFA - School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Born Los Angeles, CA. Chinese-Japanese heritage.