Paul Daily grew up in Kokomo, IN, and began performing in community theater at the age of 10. He received a BA from Indiana University in 1998 where he double-majored in Theater and Drama and Sociology. After graduating from Indiana University, he moved to London, England and then to New York City. In New York, Paul served as Associate Artistic Director for two theaters, including Rabbit Hole Ensemble, a company he co-founded and ran from 2005–2007. Paul’s last show with Rabbit Hole Ensemble, The Night of Nosferatu, was picked up from off-off-Broadway and taken to Wellfleet, where the “Cape Cod Times” deemed the play one of the best shows of 2007. It also made Popshifter.com’s list of Top Ten Things to Love in 2007. In 2008, following the birth of his son, Paul moved to Kokomo to be close to family. In Kokomo, Paul was instrumental in creating a student theater for the Ivy Tech Kokomo region. He went on to direct its inaugural production, The Little Prince. During the summer of 2010, Paul returned to New York to participate in the 2010 New York Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. He performed in The Manhattan Project and was awarded Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play for the role of Charles. After completing the run of The Manhattan Project, Paul moved to Bloomington, IN to become the Artistic Director of Ivy Tech’s John Waldron Arts Center. While working at Ivy Tech, he finished his MFA in Directing at Indiana University. He also served as the founding Dean of the School of Fine Arts, and as Executive Director for the Center for Lifelong Learning. Since leaving Ivy Tech, Paul has been a freelance actor and director. His accomplishments include helping the Bloomington Playwrights Project through the first year of the pandemic as Associate Artistic Director, directing Confessions of a Former Monkey Mind Doctor and taking it on the road, and leading high school students through the creation of devised theatre, exploring social justice through the process of theatrical storytelling. Throughout his years in theater, Paul has been involved in every aspect, including acting, writing, directing, designing and teaching. His work has been seen in Bloomington, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Boston, Washington, D.C., New York City and London, England.