Dan Friedman (USA), a life-long political and performance activist and grassroots educator, is the artistic director of the 37-year-old Castillo Theatre in New York City. For the past eight years, Friedman has also been the associate dean of UX, the All Stars Project’s free university-like school of continuing development for people of all ages. In addition, he serves on the faculty of the East Side Institute. Friedman has a doctorate in theatre history from the University of Wisconsin. He is the editor of a number of books, including Theatre for Working Class Audience in the United States, 1840-1980 (Greenwood Press, 1983) and The Cultural Politics of Heiner Müller (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007). He is currently working on a book for Palgrave on the emerging performance activist movement around the world. In addition to his work at Castillo, Friedman has directed at La Mama E.T.C., the Nuyorican Poets Café and various New York City colleges.