Dan Kerr-Hobert
Program Director of Snow City Arts
Bio
Dan Kerr-Hobert is a writer/performer/puppeteer based in Chicago, Illinois. He works as the Program Director of Snow City Arts and as a long-time Ensemble Member of the Neo-Futurists Theatre. Since 2008, Dan has taught as a Theatre Artist-In-Residence at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Rush University Children’s Hospital, and Cook County Health. His work has been seen at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Second City, La Monnaie de Munt in Belgium with Manual Cinema, The Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival, Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington D.C., the Detroit Institute of Art, NJPAC, Steppenwolf Theatre, the Pritzker Pavilion, HERE Arts Center in New York, Dad’s Garage in Atlanta, and The Actors Theatre of Louisville. Additionally, he has taught at The Theatre School at DePaul University, Columbia College and the Art Institute of Chicago. Dan is an alum of the acting program at The Theatre School at DePaul University.
Recent Articles
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Creativity on Call: A Guide to Starting Arts Programs in Hospitals
A practical primer for arts organizations looking to partner with hospitals and deliver high-quality arts programming, drawing on decades of experience from Snow City Arts.