Daniel Guyton


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The Twisted Mind of Daniel Guyton



Daniel Guyton is a published and internationally produced playwright, screenwriter, actor, director, teacher, and funny man. His stage plays have been produced over 600 times around the world. His screenplays have won numerous awards. He also acts and directs from time to time. He is primarily a satirist with a focus on the morally ambiguous and weird. His work is typically funny with a hint of gravitas. He does not enjoy writing about himself in the third person, but he has to pay the bills. He is a modest man. Mostly.



Headshot by T'Shauna Henry @Creativitea



" The Blackest of Black Comedies "



Lawson Taitte, Dallas Morning News



" Guyton has one of the most vivid (and at times, twisted) imaginations out there, but he never goes off the rails "



John Patrick Bray, New Play Exchange



" Delightfully Perverse "



Mark Lowry, Theatre Jones



" Witty, A Little Off-Center and Always Entertaining... A Wonderful Playwright and an Audience Favorite "



Lorenzo Scott, The Living Theatre



"Lovely Piece of Black Humor, Yet Heartwarming, and Real. It's Edgy, and Sweet and Funny... And a Bit Warped"



CJ Ehrlich, Playwrights' Binge



" Strange, Quirky, Foul-Mouthed, Sacrilegious "



TheaterReview.com



" Morally Repugnant "



Grant Tyler Peterson, off-off-online.com



" Haunting, Poetic, Beautiful and Funny "



Brian Harris, Strawberry Festival



" Taken Elements of Comedy and Thrown in Moments of Psychological Thrills... The Most Entertaining Night of Theater I Have Seen "



Kate Barry, Arts-Louisville.com



" It's Stuff Like This That Made Me Fall In Love With Acting in the First Place "



Charlie Pierce, Third Eye Theatre



" Guyton Brings Tender, Real Moments to the Stage, Without Slipping Down the Too-Much Slope "



Elizabeth J Musgrave, GottaGo.us



" Well Crafted... Intelligent Entertainment "



Bruce Bonafede, playwright



"Cream of the Crop - Imaginative, Macabre, Exciting!"



Todd Zeigler, Alley Theatre



" Surreal, Tender... An Acting High Point for the Entire Festival "



Alexandra Bonifield, Critical Rant and Rave



" Sweetness Spiced With Gentle Humor "



Jay Harvey, Indystar.com



" Tightly Structured With an Amazing Premise "



What the Butler Saw



" One of the Best Up and Coming Writers Around "



Todd Risby, Actor



" Exceptional Theatre... Beautifully Written, Highly Dramatic "



Joelle Re' Arp-Dunham, Circle Ensemble Theatre​


" Funny, Edgy, Even Spiritual "



Brian Toal, Mostly Harmless Productions



" Naughty, Bawdy, Touching, and Maniacally Funny in Turns "



Pat Taylor, Tolucan Times



" Guyton's Ability to Combine Tragedy and Comedy Seems to Come as Second Nature "



R. Scott Belzer, Dekalb County Champion



" Extremely Well Written and Deplorably Funny "



Geri Albrecht, Heuer Publishing



" Provocative and Vivid... Powerful and Nasty "



Dr. Stanley Longman, UGA



" Best of the Bunch "



Lou Harry, Indianapolis Business Journal



" Gut Wrenching Laughter "



Jeff Stolzer, Last Froniter Theatre Conference



" Darkly Funny and Emotionally Raw "



Greg Campbell, Incumbo Theatre Co.



" Theatre of the Obnoxious "



Grant Tyler Peterson, off-off-online.com



" The Opening Scene is Comic Gold "



Mark Lowry, Theatre Jones



" He Likes to Bring People by Surprise and Force Them out of the Sweet Molecules "



Frettabladid Newspaper, 2005 (Run Through Google Translator)



" Darkest-of-Dark Comedies "



Will Arberry, D Magazine



" Beautifully Done... Mesmerizing "



Judith Beasley, Working Title Playwrights



" Guyton's Talents as a Poet and Dramatist are Stellar "



Steve Capra, The Living Theatre



" Hilarious "



Mary L. Clarke, Pegasus News



" Twisted, Surreal, Cruel and Hysterical "



Todd Ziegler, Alley Theater



" Absolutely Fearless When It Comes to Pushing Comedy to the Edge "



Tom Berry, ACME Theatre Company



" The Most Innovative, Original Play I've Ever Seen... From a College student "



Gary Garrison, The Dramatists Guild



" No One Does Wonderfully Dark, Disturbing, Character Driven Shows Like Daniel Guyton "



Gene Kato, Next Stage Press



" A Wicked Sense of Humor, and a Fearless Approach to Storytelling "



Jeff Marker, Circle Ensemble Theatre



" Dark, Provocative Imagery "



Daniel Lamb, Edge Media Network



" Creepy, Discomforting and RevElatory "



Ryan Wilson, University of Georgia







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