Years ago, I had the pleasure of seeing a performance of "Jail's, Hospitals and Hip Hop" in NYC...Danny Hoch is one of the most brilliant solo theater performers in the world in my opinion. Danny grew up in Queens N.Y.....a white guy in a predominanty black/latino/asian neighborhood....Danny is able to embody other ethnicities/cultures better than any performer I have ever seen...He plays guys on the street from every angle. His performances are raw and extremly powerful, yet they have a surprising innocence to them.

Danny also uses theater as a means of social activism whether he means to or not....I read that his new piece which is currently playing in Los Angeles is about gentrification. His message generally is the opposite of gentrification..There is nothing sterile or pat about this man...He is a product of the intergration of culture/experience/ethnicity and social awareness. He is also, plain and simple a brilliant actor.

The reason he got into solo theater is because he literally couldnt find any thing he wanted to act in that spoke to his life or experience. And so he created his first show...

I totally relate.....