Daniel Irizarry is an international director, actor/performer and educator based in NYC. He recently directed YOVO written by Robert Lyons and performed at The New Ohio Theatre and IRT Theater, NYC, Gardzienice Internationa theater festival in Poland and in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba. Directed an adaptation of Gogol's The Inspector General in NCPA performing space in Mumbai, India. Directed and performed the world premiere of Yukio Mishima's Busu for Provincetown Tennesse Williams Theatre Festival. As director and performer he is Known for: ‘The Maids' by José Rivera (The New York Times Critics pick), 'UBU' (Time Out NY Critics pick), 'Numbness: Chapter 2' (The New Ohio and IRT Theatre Archive Residency), 'The Madman and The Nun' performed in Turkey (Bilkent) and Poland (Gardzienice), and NYC (Pregones Theatre), 'An Italian Straw Hat' (Essen, Germany), 'Mouthgasm Chapter 1' (Turkey and Cyprus), 'Momorato' (Tokyo, Japan), ‘Fragments' (Vilnius, Lithuania), and Chekhov's one-act series (Seoul, South Korea). Directed 'Black a Water' which toured to Ciego de Ávila, Cuba International Theatre Festival. Performed Piazzola's Maria de Buenos Aires (Bare Opera at Blue Building in NYC). He taught acting and directing all around the world (India, South Korea, Japan, Lithuania, Turkey, UK, US, Poland, Puerto Rico among other countries). He holds an MFA in Acting from Columbia University and a BA in drama from The University of Puerto Rico.