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Dana is a New York based TV, film and stage actress. She trained at LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts in NYC and went on to receive a B.A. in Theater Studies from Duke University, graduating Cum Laude with Highest Distinction in Acting. Since returning to New York she has performed all over the city, as well as regionally, and was cast in the one-woman show Washing Machine in which she played eight characters. She was nominated for a New York Innovative Theater Award for Outstanding Solo Performance and went on to perform in two more runs of Washing Machine. The show received a Drama Desk Nomination for it's second run. Dana is best known for playing inmate Crystal Tawney on Seasons 6 & 7 of Orange Is The New Black. She also had a recurring role on Elementary (CBS). She can next be seen as the lead in the upcoming feature film Brightwood (2023). Other roles include Shoshana in the Off-Broadway World Premiere of Hello, From The Children Of Planet Earth (The Playwrights Realm), Sophie in Streepshow! (The Connelly), Joan in As Far As The Day Goes (Clubbed Thumb), Kate in Seminar (Kitchen Theatre), Kitty Dupree in Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The Jersey Lily (Dorset Theatre Festival), and Alida Bloodgood in The Poor of New York (dir. Tyne Rafaeli). Other theater companies she has worked with include Target Margin Theater, Human Race Theater Company, The Atlantic Theater Company, Syracuse Stage, Ars Nova, The Civilians, UglyRhino and The Private Theatre.
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RECENT AND UPCOMING WORK
APRIL 2025 - UPCOMING: Production of birthday birthday birthday by Johnny G. Lloyd at The Tank
MARCH 2025 - Workshop of THE SINGULARITY PLAY by Jay Stull at Second Stage
JANUARY 2025 - Workshop of FUTURE WIFE by reid tang at Ars Nova
AUGUST 2024 - Filming ADAM, directed by Jeff Ayars
APRIL 2024 - Workshop of PRACTICE by Nazareth Hassan at The Vineyard Theatre
MARCH 2024 - BRIGHTWOOD is called "a masterpiece" by The Guardian!
MARCH 2024 - BRIGHTWOOD releases in the UK, Ireland, Australia and Canada!
DECEMBER 2023 - BRIGHTWOOD is now on Tubi!
OCTOBER 2023 - BEAT screens at The Bushwick Film Festival!
AUGUST 2023 - BRIGHTWOOD comes out on August 22nd!
MAY 2023 - Feature film BRIGHTWOOD screening at Big Apple Film Festival in NYC
APRIL 2023 - BRIGHTWOOD screens at Salem Horror Festival in Salem, MA
FEBRUARY 2023 - Shooting Dan Mahboubian Rosen's short film BEAT
DECEMBER 2022 - BRIGHTWOOD screens at Another Hole In The Head Film Festival in San Francisco
NOVEMBER 2022 - BRIGHTWOOD screens at Other Worlds Film Festival in Austin
OCTOBER 2022 - BRIGHTWOOD screens at Cine-Excess Film Festival in Birmingham, UK
APRIL 2022 - Workshop of EGRESS by Melissa Crespo with Hartford TheaterWorks
MARCH 2022 - Shooting a commercial with David Schwimmer
SEPTEMBER 2021 - Guest Starring on FBI: Most Wanted on CBS
JULY 2021 - Workshop of Dairy Queen by Sarah Loucks, directed by Melissa Crespo
JULY 2021 - NO DYE accepted into the Nashville Film Festival
MAY 2021 - Shooting the feature film BRIGHTWOOD
APRIL 2021 - Shooting the short film NO DYE
JANUARY 2021 - Workshop of Tara by Brian Otano with Echo Theater Company
NOVEMBER 2020 - On-set acting coach for actor playing the title role in Lionsgate's feature THE UNBREAKABLE BOY
JULY 2020 - Workshop of The Dooley Street Trilogy by Brian Otano with IAMA Theatre Company
APRIL 2020 - HuffPost's 20 Funniest Tweets From Women
AUGUST 2019 - Orange Is The New Black Season 7 is out on Netflix!
JUNE 2019 - Recording the audiobook TRINKETS for Hachette Book Group
JUNE 2019 - Reading of The Dust by Brian Otano at New York Theatre Workshop
APRIL 2025 - UPCOMING: Production of birthday birthday birthday by Johnny G. Lloyd at The Tank
MARCH 2025 - Workshop of THE SINGULARITY PLAY by Jay Stull at Second Stage
JANUARY 2025 - Workshop of FUTURE WIFE by reid tang at Ars Nova
AUGUST 2024 - Filming ADAM, directed by Jeff Ayars
APRIL 2024 - Workshop of PRACTICE by Nazareth Hassan at The Vineyard Theatre
MARCH 2024 - BRIGHTWOOD is called "a masterpiece" by The Guardian!
MARCH 2024 - BRIGHTWOOD releases in the UK, Ireland, Australia and Canada!
DECEMBER 2023 - BRIGHTWOOD is now on Tubi!
OCTOBER 2023 - BEAT screens at The Bushwick Film Festival!
AUGUST 2023 - BRIGHTWOOD comes out on August 22nd!
MAY 2023 - Feature film BRIGHTWOOD screening at Big Apple Film Festival in NYC
APRIL 2023 - BRIGHTWOOD screens at Salem Horror Festival in Salem, MA
FEBRUARY 2023 - Shooting Dan Mahboubian Rosen's short film BEAT
DECEMBER 2022 - BRIGHTWOOD screens at Another Hole In The Head Film Festival in San Francisco
NOVEMBER 2022 - BRIGHTWOOD screens at Other Worlds Film Festival in Austin
OCTOBER 2022 - BRIGHTWOOD screens at Cine-Excess Film Festival in Birmingham, UK
APRIL 2022 - Workshop of EGRESS by Melissa Crespo with Hartford TheaterWorks
MARCH 2022 - Shooting a commercial with David Schwimmer
SEPTEMBER 2021 - Guest Starring on FBI: Most Wanted on CBS
JULY 2021 - Workshop of Dairy Queen by Sarah Loucks, directed by Melissa Crespo
JULY 2021 - NO DYE accepted into the Nashville Film Festival
MAY 2021 - Shooting the feature film BRIGHTWOOD
APRIL 2021 - Shooting the short film NO DYE
JANUARY 2021 - Workshop of Tara by Brian Otano with Echo Theater Company
NOVEMBER 2020 - On-set acting coach for actor playing the title role in Lionsgate's feature THE UNBREAKABLE BOY
JULY 2020 - Workshop of The Dooley Street Trilogy by Brian Otano with IAMA Theatre Company
APRIL 2020 - HuffPost's 20 Funniest Tweets From Women
AUGUST 2019 - Orange Is The New Black Season 7 is out on Netflix!
JUNE 2019 - Recording the audiobook TRINKETS for Hachette Book Group
JUNE 2019 - Reading of The Dust by Brian Otano at New York Theatre Workshop