Dana Leslie Goldstein | Playwright and Lyricist

Dana Leslie Goldstein is a playwright, lyricist and librettist whose quirky writing always addresses some aspect of healing. She has won the New England New Play Competition, Harold and Mimi Steinberg Playwriting Prize, Different Voices New Play Award, ACTF New Play Award, Henry Hoyns Poetry Fellowship, AWP Intro Award, an Academy of American Poets Prize and numerous development grants. Her plays have been seen both nationally and internationally, including at Manhattan Theatre Club, Symphony Space, Cherry Lane, Culture Project, Women’s Project, The York, Theatre80, Theater for the New City, New Dramatists, Center Stage, BMI, Vineyard Playhouse, Pulse, Theater Row Theatre, Gene Frankel Theatre, The Barrow Group, Acorn Theatre, The Lark, Beckett Theatre, Neighborhood Playhouse, The Workshop Theater, Torn Page, The Road Theatre (Los Angeles), Nuyorican Poets Café, Estrogenius Festival, Brave New World Rep, Axial Theatre, Players Club of Swarthmore (PA), Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga (TN), Clamour Theatre (FL), American Stage Company (FL), Left Edge Theatre (CA), PAN Theater (CA), Spooky Action Theatre (DC), Rainy Day Artistic Collective (Seattle, WA), Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY, Pacific Theatre (Vancouver, Canada), TischAsia (Singapore), Red Brick Theatre (Manchester, UK), JW3 Theatre (London, UK), Baggage Productions (Melbourne, Australia), at the Columbus Black Theatre Festival (OH), the New York Musical Theatre Festival, on Ellis and Liberty Islands, at the U.N., on Equity TYA tours and more.

Her work is published by Next Stage Press, Smith & Kraus, Applause Books, Sordelet Ink and Palmetto Press.

Dana is a librettist and lyricist in the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop, a playwright member of PlayGround-NY and The Workshop Theater, and an alum of the Playwrights Lab at Women’s Project. Dana holds MFAs in Playwriting and Poetry, both funded by full writing fellowships. Proud member of the Dramatists Guild. For more information, visit www.danalesliegoldstein.com. Agent: Michael Moore, Michael@MichaelMooreAgency.com (212) 221-0400

Listen to Dana’s interview with Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga’s podcast hosts Dana Colagiovanni and Christy Tipton for the Lights Up! performance of FRAGILE. For more, go to: https://shows.acast.com/etclightsup and www.ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com

Watch Dana’s interview with Clamour Theatre’s Artistic Director Elaine Smith.