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Daniel Carlton is an actor, writer, teacher, storyteller, and director who has appeared on New York, national, and international stages. A veteran of numerous Off and Off- Off Broadway productions his work has also been both seen and/or created in schools, homeless shelters, and throughout the criminal justice system.
Daniel has written or directed many plays about or for young people. As a teaching artist he has used theatre as a tool to conduct thousands of workshops over the past 18 years in areas that include youth leadership, conflict resolution , A.I.D.S prevention , housing readiness to homeless families , and teacher training for The N.Y.C Board Of Education. He has done extensive work in this area at hundreds of schools through companies that include Hospital Audiences Inc, New York University’s Creative Arts Team, Community Works, Blackberry Productions, Flying Bridge Community Arts, The Paramount Theatre of Peekskill, Faison Firehouse Theater, Goddard Riverside, and the Weeksville Historical Society.
As a storyteller he has toured extensively with his “ The Eagle In Harlem And Other Tales” These are adapted folktales and original stories from the African American and, Afro-Latino canon. He is presently developing a show entitled,” It Came From Them” Stories of Inventor’s Of Color”.
Other Recent projects include “ The Children Of War Theatre Project (Dir. Larry Sacharow), which tells the stories of war refugees; It has been performed in Moscow ( Russia), Sarajevo( Bosnia ), San Francisco, Amsterdam, Cambodia, and The Asia Society (NYC) Making a Difference/The Long Walk To Freedom/ Harlem Is /- facilitated workshops and performances that help young people to celebrate unsung neighborhood or national heroes.
“Timeless Journeys” a series of seven fictional monologues based on the actual history of free African Americans in Brooklyn over a hundred year period is currently being produced by The Weeksville Heritage Society for on site performances and workshops.
During the summer of 2002 he helped to create a theater lab at the Windy Brow Theater In Johannesburg, South Africa.
He is the primary playwright of “Shelter; Refugees of The American Dream, which was produced by Blackberry Productions during the Fall of 2002. Creation? his multi –character solo show has been seen both locally and nationally.
He is the Artistic Director of Committed Artists Of Color. Recently he served the Assistant Director of Tony Award Winner George Faison’s Youth Company “The Respect Project.”

Daniel Carlton is an actor, writer, teacher, storyteller, and director who has appeared on New York, national, and international stages. A veteran of numerous Off and Off- Off Broadway productions his work has also been both seen and/or created in schools, homeless shelters, and throughout the criminal justice system. Daniel has written or directed many plays about or for young people. As ... More