J. Daniel Herring

J. Daniel Herring (Director & Department Chair) joined the Fresno State Department of Theatre Arts in the fall of 2007 after a distinguished twenty-year career with Stage One in Louisville, Kentucky where he served as the Artistic Director from 2002 until 2007. He directed the world premiere of The Great Gilly Hopkins in New York at the New Victory Theatre receiving critical acclaim from both the New York Times and New York Post. J. Daniel directed six other world premiere productions for Stage One. Since joining the faculty at Fresno State, J. Daniel has directed Book of Days, A Particle of Dread (Oedipus Variations), Tar Beach, Blue Willow, Cabaret, Our Town, The Elephant Man, T.I.C. Trenchcoat in Common, Eastern Standard and Time Again in Oz for University Theatre. He has also directed Super Cilantro Girl, Wondrous Tales of Old Japan, Dogbrain, The Frog Prince, And Then Came Tango, The Velveteen Rabbit, The Bully Plays, Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type, According to Coyote, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and Devon’s Hurt for Theatre for Young Audiences at Fresno State. He was the recipient of the 2011 Provost's Promising New Faculty Award. J. Daniel has also directed for StageWorks Fresno and Good Company Players (GCP). Some of his productions at StageWorks include Fun Home, Casa Valentina and Next to Normal. GCP productions include The Glass Menagerie, The Comedy of Errors and The Importance of Being Earnest.