Ernest McDaniel

Ernest McDaniel is an actor, mime, director, producer, writer, and a set/audio/lighting designer. Ernest McDaniel lived in the 18e arrondissement de Paris, France, where he studied Theatrical Arts and Design at L’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, in Paris, France and mime with the world master, Marcel Marceau at Ecole Internationale de Mimodrame de Paris Marcel Marceau. He has performed both, internationally and nationally, including with Mikhail Baryshnikov, while living in Paris. He also has several national tours of his one man mime show. Ernest McDaniel was Owner/Artistic Director of The Midnight Mime Company, and was also Co-Owner and Co-Artistic Director of The Mime Street Mime Company.

His credits include:

  • Producing:
    • The Positively Fourth Street Fair, Detroit Michigan
    • The Detroit Actors Writers Guild
    • Sally Spectre
    • WestFest 2015
    • The Man Who Saved Everything
    • 2:30 AM
    • Escaped Experiment
    • The Stall

 

  • Directing:
    • Waiting for Godot
    • 3 Short Plays About Sex
    • Gay for Pay
    • Sloppy Seconds
    • Keep it in the Family
    • 2:34 AM
    • Escaped Experiment
    • The Stall

 

  • Acting:
    • Chorus: Mikhail Baryshinkov’s Past Forward Paris, France
    • Mr. Linder: Raisin National Tour
    • Various Roles: Bombart, A Theatrical Distraction
    • Deputy: Petrified Forest
    • Foreigner/Waiter/Constable: On the Razzle
    • Conocchio: Trouble in Chiozza
    • Rogue/Mime: 1-900-The Show
    • King: Nebraska Smith
    • Commissioner Bates: B-Movie
    • Postman: Hardin County
    • Stratus: Send in the Clouds
    • Man in Top Hat: The Big Story
    • Ernie: Girl Talk
    • Jake: The Ice Fisherman

 

  • Designer:
    • The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940: Set Designer (Winner Best Set Design)
    • Titus Andronicus: Set Designer
    • Animal Farm: Set Designer
    • Haiti: Set Designer
    • General Motors GoodWrench Service: Assistant Set Designer
    • Chrysler Monthly Financial Meeting: Assistant Set Designer
    • Volkswagen National Commercial: Assistant Set Designer
    • Carhart Print Campaign: Assistant Set Designer
    • Woolite National Commercial: Assistant Set Designer
    • Victoria’s Secret Spring Catalog: Assistant Set Designer
    • Jack Vam Impe’s World Ministries: Assistant Set Designer
    • Sally Spectre: Set/Lighting Designer
    • Laurence Juber Concert: Lighting Designer
    • Theatre Rocks 2017: Lighting Designer
    • El Credito: Lighting/Audio Designer
    • Ian Ruskin’s The Life of Thomas Paine: Lighting Designer
    • Ian Ruskin’s Lightning and Magic: Into the Mind of NIKOLA TESLA: Lighting Designer
    • Gardel’s Tango: Lighting Designer
    • Sacred Resistance: Lighting Designer
    • WestFest 2015: Audio Designer
    • WestFest 2016: Audio Designer
    • Nebraska Smith: Set Designer
    • 1-900-The Show: Set Designer
    • Paul Dooley’s Movie Dad: Audio/Video Designer
    • Petrified Forest: Prop Designer
    • On the Razzle: Special Effects/Prop Desiner
    • Thicker Than Water: Special Effects/Prop Designer
    • Flare Path: Prop Designer
    • Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Jersey Lilly: Prop Designer
    • Engaging Shaw: Prop Designer