DANA SCHWARTZ is an award winning Los Angeles writer, director, producer and actress. She is a member of Directors Lab West and has directed plays across the country, most recently the critically acclaimed “here comes the night” at Moving Arts, as well as productions at Theater of NOTE, The Road Theater, Topanga Arts Center, Lyric Hyperion, Fierce Backbone and the Victory Theater. Her play "@Playaz" was an O'Neill Finalist and had its World Premiere in 2021. “Presto!” was developed with The Workshop Theater in New York, is a Eugene O’Neill Semi-Finalist, and will be part of this summer’s Valdez Theater Conference in Alaska. “The Grotto” will premiere at the Hudson Valley Theater Festival in May. "Early Birds" premiered in 2019. She has also had plays produced at Nomad Theatre, Parish Players, Eclectic Theater, Echo Theatre, Theatre of NOTE, LeftEdge, Sky Pilot, REDcat LA, Disney Hall, Segerstrom Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Curtis Theater and LACMA.. As an actress she has performed around the world. Dana is the Program Director of the MADLab New Play Development Program at Moving Arts.

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