DANE TERRY
composer - performer - storymaker - visual artist
"outrageously talented"
-TIMEOUT NEW YORK
"Dane Terry is the millennial Cole Porter. He's got the hooks of Elton John, the jokes of Tom Waits and the heart of Leonard Cohen."
- John Cameron Mitchell, creator of Hedwig
and the Angry Inch
“he’s an intensely engaging performer….he’s so present we have to be too...extraordinary dexterity with language, physical and vocal performance, and sheer songwriting talent”
- Jennifer Cayer, CULTUREBOT
Terry is a dextrous storyteller in every sense of the term...His singing voice (a blend of Jeff Buckley and Freddy Mercury) is transportive, and his comedic timing a surprise.”
Charlotte Arnoux - EXEUNT NYC
"...this guy is fucking incredible, as a songwriter, a lyricist, and a multi-instrumentalist."
-Doug Mosurock, STILL SINGLE
Photo by Bobby Miller
ABOUT
Dane Terry is a critically acclaimed, award-winning American theater artist, musician, podcaster, writer and visual artist. Terry has been performing his distinct brand of musical storytelling for 20 years and has appeared across the globe in world class venues. His audio-narrative work, most notably his music fiction podcast miniseries Dreamboy (Night Vale Presents, 2018), boasts millions of listeners internationally. A spellbinding performer and virtuosic musician with the writing chops to match, his ability to completely transport his audience with a few words and a flourish on the piano is uncanny. Musically, he is fluent in many genres and his songs and stories range from heart-wrenching and hilarious to thrilling, gritty and sensuous, and often involve multifaceted, nuanced depictions of queer sexuality. Terry is also an accomplished visual artist who regularly exhibits his work in galleries and online.
PHOTOS
London Paladium Photo by Symphony Sanders
Photo by Theo Cote
Photo by Bobby Miller
Photo by Kate Sweeney
Kulturkirche in Cologne, Germany Photo by Sven Schog
Jupiter's Lifeless Moons At PSNY Jan 2018 Photo by Da Ping Luo
Photo by Effy Grey
Photo by James Gavin
VIDEOS
C.V.
PODCAST & AUDIO WORK
Dreamboy 2018-2019 (Writer, Composer, Actor)
Distributed by Night Vale Presents.
Pounded In The Butt By My Own Podcast 2018 (Actor)
By Chuck Tingle. Distributed by Night Vale Presents.
THEATER
Bird in the House (Writer, Composer, Performer, Director)
premiered at La MaMa (NYC) in 2015 and went on to be in
Under The Radar Festival at The Public Theater in 2016 and subsequently toured.
Jupiter's Lifeless Moons (Writer, Composer, Performer)
premiered at PSNY for COIL 2018
ALBUMS
Xmas 2023
I May Rail and I May Whine 2022
Music From Dreamboy, Vols 1 & 2 2020
The Wild of Town 2017
Color Movies 2015
Something for the Ladies 2015
7 Songs 2011
Songs of the Telephant 2009
VISUAL ART
EXHIBITIONS:
"Night and Day" - Jan - Mar 2024 - Joint show of new paintings with Dave Terry at The OSU Faculty Club in Columbus OH.
"New Paintings" - Oct 2022 - Solo exhibition at Back Room Gallery at C'mon Everybody in Brooklyn NY.
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2015 Devised Theater Working Group at The Public Theater in NYC
2016 Ethyl Eichelberger Award from PSNY
2016 Bird in the House, Incoming! at Under The Radar Festival at The Public Theater
2017 BAX Space Grant from BAX
2018 Freehand Artist in Residence - Freehand Hotel in association with Bard College
2019 Kimmel Center Theater Residency at The Kimmel Center in Philadelphia
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
2016 Bird in the House, Incoming! at Under The Radar Festival at The Public Theater
2016 Lincoln Center, Out-of-Doors Fest - Headline Performer
2016 Bird in the House, Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio
2018 Jupiter's Lifeless Moons, COIL festival at PSNY
2019 Welcome To Night Vale: Spy in the Desert Tour - opening act on a North American tour with a major Podcast.
2020 Broadway in the Boroughs - Featured performer representing La MaMa Theater Co.
2022 Welcome To Night Vale: The Haunting of Night Vale - opening act on a European tour with a major Podcast.
COLLABORATORS
Chris Weingarten - recording engineer, mixing engineer, musician, sound designer
Yoshiko Chuma - multimedia performance artist
Keith Hanlon - recording engineer, musician
David Cale - writer, performer, songwriter
Jordan O Jordan - songwriter, performance artist, recording artist
Andrew Graham - songwriter, recording artist
Dan Fishback - playwright, composer, impresario
Justin Sayre - playwright, writer, comedian, actor
Ellie Heyman - theater director
D
PERFORMANCES
FALL 2022 EUROPEAN TOUR
opening for Welcome to Night Vale
10/02/2022 - CORK, IE. -St. Lukes
10/01/2022 - GALWAY, IE. - Town Hall
09/30/2022 - DUBLIN, IE. - Liberty Hall
09/29/2022 - BRIGHTON, UK. - The Old Market
09/28/2022 - BRISTOL, UK. - St. Georges
09/26/2022 - GLASGOW, UK. - The Old Fruitmarket
09/25/2022 - MANCHESTER, UK. - RNCM
09/24/2022 - LONDON, UK. - The Palladium
09/23/2022 - NOTTINGHAM, UK. - Albert Hall
09/22/2022 - LEEDS, UK. - City Varieties
09/20/2022 - PARIS, FR. - Alhambra
09/17/2022 - LEUVEN, BE. - Het Depot
09/16/2022 - UTRECHT, NL. - TivoliVredenburg Hertz
09/15/2022 - COLOGNE, DE. - Kulturkirche
09/14/2022 - BERLIN, DE. - Columbia Theater
09/13/2022 - MUNICH, DE. - Freiheitshalle
09/11/2022 - PRAGUE, CZ. - Kino Lucerna
09/10/2022 - VIENNA, AT. - Simm City
09/09/2022 - WARSAW, PL. - Palladium
09/07/2022 - HAMBURG, DE. - Mojo Club
09/04/2022 - COPENHAGEN, DK. - Bremen Theater
09/03/2022 - OSLO, NO. - Cosmopolite
09/02/2022 - STOCKHOLM, SE. - Sodra Theater
09/01/2022 - HELSINKI, FI. - Savoy Theater