Dana  Berger
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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.

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
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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