Danny Hoch’s acting and writing credits for television and film include Nurse Jackie, Bored To Death, Blue Bloods, Law & Order, Blackhawk Down, American Splendor, War Of The Worlds, Lucky You, We Own The Night, Bamboozled, Washington Heights, Prison Song, Subway Stories, Thin Red Line, Whiteboys, HBO Def Poetry. Most recently he can be seen alongside Keanu Reeves and James Caan in Henry’s Crime. As a playwright his plays Some People, Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop, Taking Over, and Till The Break Of Dawn have garnered awards including a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship for Drama, 2 OBIE Awards, and was most recently named a USA Ford Fellow for his contributions to the American Theatre. His plays have toured to over 50 U.S. cities and 15 countries. His writing has also appeared in The Village Voice, New York Times, Harper’s, The Nation, American Theatre, and various books: Out Of Character, Extreme Exposure, Creating Your Own Monologue and Total Chaos and his own Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop by Villard/Random House.