A biography:

Daniel Carter Brown goes by Dan, but does not go by Dan Brown professionally, because someone else beat him to making that name famous. He has split most of his life living in the outskirts and suburbs of three cities: Washington, D.C. for his formative years, Chicago for his college and early professional years, and Atlanta for his actually-figuring-out-who-he-is adult years.

As an actor, he has enjoyed performing since childhood, and pursued theatre above all else in high school and college. He was Lake Forest College’s first theatre major in decades, because he was part of a movement to reinstitute the Theatre degree and was the only person in his graduating class with enough credits. He graduated in 2006 and spent three years in Chicago primarily performing in sketch comedy and taking improv classes. He intended his move to Atlanta to be temporary, but instead it became home. He apprenticed at the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, and did several shows there, as well as touring shows with Georgia Ensemble Theatre, in his early professional years.

Starting in 2015, Out Of Box Theatre in Marietta became his artistic home; he met his wife and several now-dearest friends while acting in a production of The House of Yes. He has returned to that stage several times since, in The Credeaux Canvas, The Only Light In Reno, Tokens of Affection, and Entertaining Lesbians. He has also worked with several other Atlanta companies; special mention goes to Onstage Atlanta, where he got to fulfill a bucket-list role as George Bailey in It’s A Wonderful Life.

As a writer, he primarily focused on sketch comedy until moving to Atlanta, and for a few years was the primary writer and producer of Give Us Brains! sketch comedy, who put on four full-length sketch shows. He became involved with Onion Man Productions, where several of his ten-minute plays ended up debuting. He spent two summers as the Artistic Director of Onion Man’s annual Harvest festival. He still satisfies his sketch-writing itch by writing (and acting) for the podcast Barely Audible Whisper, an NPR parody podcast.

The first full production of one of his full-length plays was Steal My Heart, produced by New Origins Theatre Company. This was soon followed by Honor the System at Out of Box. In 2020, The Outrage Machine was selected by Essential Theatre as winner of their annual Playwrighting Award; its debut production was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dan is married to Emily Sams Brown, with whom he has a daughter named Rayme. He works at Emory University School of Medicine as a Simulated Patient Educator. He is a fan of the Atlanta Braves, Washington Football Team, Clemson Tigers, Virginia Cavaliers, and Atlanta Hawks.