Daniel F. Lendzian, an Alleyway Instigator, directed Black Bear Island (2025), The Folks at Home (2024) and Burst (2022). This fall, he founded Play Practice, a drop-in class now in its third sold-out session. He has appeared on stage in The Cottage (2025).

Recent directing credits include Khan!!! The Musical! (O'Connell & Company), while notable performances include Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors (Mina/Dr. Van Helsing, Irish Classical Theatre) and The Winter’s Tale (Leontes, Shakespeare in Delaware Park). He has worked with Starring Buffalo, Parallel 45 (MI), The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, North American Cultural Laboratory, Farm Arts Collective, The Seattle Children’s Theater, The ZACH Theater, FESTA Theater (Florence, Italy), Interlochen Shakespeare, The Winnipesaukee Playhouse, Weathervane Repertory Theater, and more.

He is a member of the National Alliance of Acting Teachers and MICHA. He hosts Buffalo Rising’s WNY Soundstage podcast. He is an Assistant Professor and Head of Performance at Fredonia State University, teaching Shakespeare, Scene Study, Voice, Movement, and Text. DanLendzian.com

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