Dan Bonnel was the Artistic Director of Arcade, (a workspace for theater and media) from 1995- 2001.

As a freelance director in Los Angeles, Dan has staged plays at Pacific Resident Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre LA, the Matrix, the Met, Cornerstone, ASK Theater Projects, Highways, and the HBO Workspace.

In 1997, Mr. Bonnell received the LA Weekly ³Directing Award² for Morphic Resonance at the Matrix Theatre. He was nominated for the Theater LA Ovation ³Directing Award² in 2002 for his production of And Still The Dogs at Ensemble Studio Theater ­ The LA Project.

Prior to Los Angeles, Mr. Bonnell was a Resident Company Director at Circle Rep in New York and directed for regional companies across the county including: Long Wharf, the Asolo, Atlanta’s Alliance Theater, Pioneer Theater Company, and the Bronfman Center in Montreal.