Bio

Playwright Cricket Daniel holds a theater degree from UC Santa Barbara and studied Shakespeare in Cambridge, England. Cricket has an extensive background in improv, stand-up and theater. Cricket was a member of the national improv troupe Comedy Sportz and has performed stand-up at The Ice House and The Improv.

Cricket regularly performed in local community theatre productions. However, it was when she was attending a local production that she found her true calling. Cricket happened to be in the audience watching a play the same night as the playwright and ended up watching him more than the play. By the end of the evening she thought to herself “I wanna be that guy!” The next day she started writing her first play ‘Couple Dating.’ That guy was playwright Michael Slade, whom she credits for sending her into a whole new and exciting direction as a writer.

Cricket also credits Jason Icenbice, who was the first producer to take a chance on a new and unknown playwright, which ultimately opened many theater doors for her. Cricket lives in Bend, Oregon with her husband Jason and their young daughter Spencer.

Cricket's dream is to be a staff writer on a sitcom. She is currently working on her newest play "Helen on Wheels."