BIOGRAPHY:
Boone Sommers(Dictator Dan) is a Brooklyn based actor in his first show at the New York Theater Festival. He was last seen as Laurie in the winter production of Kate Hamill’s Little Women directed by Laura Dupper at River and Rail Theater Company. Other recent theatre work includes John in Grooming My Ass in New York and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, originating the role of Robin in the world premier of Rajiv Joseph’s Horoscope, and Escalus in Rogue Arts’ M4M a queer punk adaptation of Shakespeare’s Measure For Measure at Bushwick’s own Purgatory. Boone can also be seen as Calvin in the film Interstate 78 by Yike Miao. He would like to thank Zach Allen and Dennis Perkins of the Knoxville Children’s Theater.
EDUCATION / TRAINING:
Graduated with a BA in theatre under a performance concentration at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus in 2025