Daniel Krolik

Daniel Krolik (born September 8, 1977) is a Canadian actor and playwright.[1] He is most noted for his 2022 Toronto Fringe Festival play Gay for Pay with Blake & Clay, which he cowrote with Curtis Campbell and co-starred in with Jonathan Wilson.[2]

Krolik and Campbell received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Outstanding Original Play, Independent Theatre in 2023.[3] They returned to the 2023 Fringe Festival with the sequel show Blake and Clay's Gay Agenda.[4]

Krolik was previously a Dora nominee, alongside Colin Asuncion, Hume Baugh, Samson Bonkeabantu Brown, Keith Cole, daniel jelani ellis, Jeff Ho, Michael Hughes, Indrit Kasapi, Eric Morin, G Kyle Shields, Chy Ryan Spain and Geoffrey Whynot, for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble, Independent Theatre in 2020, for Buddies in Bad Times's production of Brian Francis's Box 4901.[5]

He has also had supporting and guest roles in film and television. Originally from Montreal, Quebec, he is an alumnus of the theatre program at Sheridan College.[6]

  1. ^ Glenn Sumi, "Fringe review: Gay For Pay With Blake & Clay is straight-up brilliant". Now, July 12, 2022.
  2. ^ Karen Fricker, "Pitch-perfect Fringe festival satire takes aim at straight culture’s representation of LGBTQ+ experience". Toronto Star, July 13, 2022.
  3. ^ Hélène Crowley, "Announcing the 2023 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners". Intermission Magazine, June 27, 2023.
  4. ^ Glenn Sumi, "They had a hit Fringe play about coaching straight actors to play gay. They’re back to send up the queer community". Toronto Star, July 1, 2023.
  5. ^ Mae Smith, "2020 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners". Intermission Magazine, June 29, 2020.
  6. ^ "Sheridan students win top honours". Hamilton Spectator, September 16, 1999.