Playwright-in-Res of Theater Garden. Librettist/lyricist of CYCLONE & the Pig-Faced Lady, official selection of NY Musical Theatre Festival’s 2008 Next Link Project, to be produced at NYMF this fall. Librettist/lyricist of LIBERTY, which ran to sold-out WorkShop audiences, received a grant from NYC Dept of Cult Affairs, & was part of 2008 Immigrant Heritage Week. Work seen at: The Cherry Lane,Culture Project,Julia Miles Theatre,New Dramatists,Hartford Children's Theatre,York,Helen Hayes,Center Stage,BMI,MassMoCA,Vineyard Playhouse,Pulse,Theatre Row,Jewish Theatre of the South,Gene Frankel,Different Voices,Lark,Neighborhood Playhouse,WorkShop,Algonquin,Pacific Theatre. Other awards: Winner, New England New Play Comp;Harold & Mimi Steinberg Prize;Different Voices:ACTF;Hoyns Fellowship in Poetry;AWP Award for Poetry;Acad of Am Poets Prize. MFAs:Playwriting&Poetry. Dana has been a lyricist at BMI, member of WP Playwrights’ Lab and current member of WorkShop, NewShoe & Dramatists Guild.