Theater

Damen Scranton

Princess Grace Award:
Theater Scholarship, 1996

Damen Scranton is an actor, playwright, director and teacher, and is proud to be in his ninth year with the Irondale Ensemble Project. As an actor, he has performed at the Lincoln Center Theater, the La Jolla Playhouse and at the Firken Crane Theatre in Cork, Ireland, among others, and has worked with directors such as Michael Grief, Marion McClinton and Athol Fugard.

As a playwright, Damen has had four plays produced (most recently The Death of Cabaret, 2002 Dublin Fringe Festival), and worked extensively with Athol Fugard, Mac Wellman and Jose Rivera. As a director, he has numerous credits in New York, California, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Most recently, Damen’s production of Chocolate in Heat was selected one of the 2001 NYC Fringe Festival’s "top eight picks" by Time Out Magazine.

This is Damen’s fifth year leading Irondale's residency at the NYC Museum School, and, with Irondale, he has taught at numerous other NYC schools and community groups. He has also taught writing at Marymount Manhattan College and acting and public speaking at the University of California, San Diego. He has a B.A. in Theater and an M.F.A. in Acting, both from U.C.S.D., and thanks you for your support and patronage of Irondale and similar arts organizations.