Meet Dan

Dan Murphy is the founding Managing Director of The Broadway Rose Theatre Company along with his wife, Producing Artistic Director Sharon Maroney . They have been producing live theatre in the greater Portland OR area since 1992. He has directed and/or choreographed and occasionally appeared in over 68 productions throughout the company’s history. He is an award winning director, choreographer, and actor. Some of the local companies he has worked with are Pixie Dust Productions, Lakewood Theatre, Oregon Children’s Theatre, and Stumptown Stages. Some other companies he has worked with but have since closed (through no fault of his) include Magdelyn Theatre Co., The Musical Theatre Co. and Portland Rep. Not only is his work known throughout the greater Portland area but it has taken him to Birmingham, AL, Sanford, NC, Fort Collins, CO, and Lancaster, PA, as well as the riverboats along the Willamette, Columbia, and Mississippi Rivers.

Dan is originally from New York having grown up one of 11 children. While pursuing an acting career in the Big Apple before heading west he appeared in more than 70 television shows, movies, and commercials beginning in high school as an extra on Love of Life at CBS television where his older sister worked in the production office. As much of his best work did wound up on the editing room floor, he does have the check stubs to prove it.

Dan is very active in his community having served on the Tigard Chamber of Commerce Board of directors cumulatively for 8+ years over his 28-year membership serving as president 3 different times. He is a Rotarian in the Tigard noon club since 2002, knighted a Royal Rosarian in 2015, named Tigard’s Citizen in 2016, and very active in the Tigard/Tualatin School District including working with the Tualatin High students directing/choreographing the musical for the past 18 years. Dan also sits on the board of directors for The Washington County Visitors Association, Portland Area Theatre Alliance, National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and the Tigard Rotary Foundation. He is a proud member of Actors Equity as well as SAG-AFTRA.