I am a Brooklyn-based Playwright, Screenwriter, Novelist, Actor, Poet and Teaching Artist with over 20 years experience as a professional writer, performer and theatrical practitioner, in addition to my work as a teacher, adapter and editor.
NOTABLE RECENT/UPCOMING
STAGE PRODUCTIONS & AWARDS:
THE DESSERT CART (One-Act)
*2024 David A. Einhorn Playwriting Prize, Untitled Theater Companty #61. Staged Reading at Opera America in NYC, Jan 2025.
THE SURVEY (One-Act)
Upcoming World Premier with Studio Theater in Exile, February 2025. (Finalist, 2022 David Einhorn Memorial Playwriting Prize.)
ONE WITH THE CURRENT (Solo Play - Writer/Performer)
- Sept-Oct 2023, revival at 36th Street Studio Theatre, produced by fandango 4 Art House.
- Sept 2022, World Premiere aspart of Theater for the New City's 2022 Dream Up Festival, produced by fandango 4 Art House.
- Jan 2023 - Special Performance at the NY Society for Ethical Culture's Adler Hall, NYC.
AMERICAN TRANQUILITY (Solo Play - Writer/Performer)
- Jan-Feb 2020, revival at East Village Playhouse, NYC, produced by fandango 4 Art House.
- July 2019, DC Premier as part of the Capital Fringe Festival, Washington, D.C.
- October 2018, revival at East Village Playhouse, NYC, produced by fandango 4 Art House.
- April 2018, revived as part of the Downtown Urban Arts Festival, Theatre 80, NYC. (Runner-up -BestPlay)
- January 2018, revived at the PIT Loft, NYC.
- November 2017, Premiered at the PIT Loft as part of SOLOCOM 2017, NYC.
THE LEPERS (One-Act)
- 2019 Ensemble Studio Theatre's One-Act Marathon, NYC.
HARMONY PARK (Full-Length)
- March/May 2019, Detroit Repertory Theatre.
THE WILD BOAR (Full-Length)
Finalist for Dayton Playhouse's Futurefest 2022, and subsequent Finalist for both the 2019 Woodward/Newman Drama Award and the Janet and Bruce Bunch Award.
DAY OF THE DOG (Full-Length - Published in 2018 by Broadway Play Publishing)
- March 2014, NY Premier with St. Louis Actors' Studio, 59E59 Theatre in NYC.
- March 2013, World Premier with St. Louis Actors' Studio.
- Best New Play Nominee, St. Louis Theatre Critics Circle Award, 2013.
ADAPTATIONS - I adapted my short play, THE LEPERS, to the screen, which premiered at both the 2020 Queens World Film Festival (Best Narrative Short Winner/Best Screenplay Nominee) and the 2020 Art of Brooklyn Festival. It was last screened as part of the 2023 Chain Film Festival, NYC.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS -
ADVICE FROM A CAT (Novel)
2024, fandango 4 Art House.
THE CONCRETE JUNGLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS (Poems)
2024, Bottlecap Press.
(More Available at www.danieldamiano.com)
TEACHING - I have led Playwriting workshops with the Knowledge Project, Acting Out!, Brooklyn Public Library and fandango 4 Art House, (a NYC based theatre company, to which I am Co-Founder/Artistic Director.) I was most recently on the adjunct faculty of The Acting Studio, where I taught Solo Performance, and am a former Teaching Artist at the Boys' Club of NYC.
AFFILIATIONS - Member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Actors' Equity Association, Co-Founder/Artistic Director of fandango 4 Art House, Member of the League of Independent Theatres and Mind The Gap Theatre Company .
(To view my play catalogue, awards, publications and review excerpts, please visit www.danieldamiano.com).
NOTABLE RECENT/UPCOMING
STAGE PRODUCTIONS & AWARDS:
THE DESSERT CART (One-Act)
*2024 David A. Einhorn Playwriting Prize, Untitled Theater Companty #61. Staged Reading at Opera America in NYC, Jan 2025.
THE SURVEY (One-Act)
Upcoming World Premier with Studio Theater in Exile, February 2025. (Finalist, 2022 David Einhorn Memorial Playwriting Prize.)
ONE WITH THE CURRENT (Solo Play - Writer/Performer)
- Sept-Oct 2023, revival at 36th Street Studio Theatre, produced by fandango 4 Art House.
- Sept 2022, World Premiere aspart of Theater for the New City's 2022 Dream Up Festival, produced by fandango 4 Art House.
- Jan 2023 - Special Performance at the NY Society for Ethical Culture's Adler Hall, NYC.
AMERICAN TRANQUILITY (Solo Play - Writer/Performer)
- Jan-Feb 2020, revival at East Village Playhouse, NYC, produced by fandango 4 Art House.
- July 2019, DC Premier as part of the Capital Fringe Festival, Washington, D.C.
- October 2018, revival at East Village Playhouse, NYC, produced by fandango 4 Art House.
- April 2018, revived as part of the Downtown Urban Arts Festival, Theatre 80, NYC. (Runner-up -BestPlay)
- January 2018, revived at the PIT Loft, NYC.
- November 2017, Premiered at the PIT Loft as part of SOLOCOM 2017, NYC.
THE LEPERS (One-Act)
- 2019 Ensemble Studio Theatre's One-Act Marathon, NYC.
HARMONY PARK (Full-Length)
- March/May 2019, Detroit Repertory Theatre.
THE WILD BOAR (Full-Length)
Finalist for Dayton Playhouse's Futurefest 2022, and subsequent Finalist for both the 2019 Woodward/Newman Drama Award and the Janet and Bruce Bunch Award.
DAY OF THE DOG (Full-Length - Published in 2018 by Broadway Play Publishing)
- March 2014, NY Premier with St. Louis Actors' Studio, 59E59 Theatre in NYC.
- March 2013, World Premier with St. Louis Actors' Studio.
- Best New Play Nominee, St. Louis Theatre Critics Circle Award, 2013.
ADAPTATIONS - I adapted my short play, THE LEPERS, to the screen, which premiered at both the 2020 Queens World Film Festival (Best Narrative Short Winner/Best Screenplay Nominee) and the 2020 Art of Brooklyn Festival. It was last screened as part of the 2023 Chain Film Festival, NYC.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS -
ADVICE FROM A CAT (Novel)
2024, fandango 4 Art House.
THE CONCRETE JUNGLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS (Poems)
2024, Bottlecap Press.
(More Available at www.danieldamiano.com)
TEACHING - I have led Playwriting workshops with the Knowledge Project, Acting Out!, Brooklyn Public Library and fandango 4 Art House, (a NYC based theatre company, to which I am Co-Founder/Artistic Director.) I was most recently on the adjunct faculty of The Acting Studio, where I taught Solo Performance, and am a former Teaching Artist at the Boys' Club of NYC.
AFFILIATIONS - Member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Actors' Equity Association, Co-Founder/Artistic Director of fandango 4 Art House, Member of the League of Independent Theatres and Mind The Gap Theatre Company .
(To view my play catalogue, awards, publications and review excerpts, please visit www.danieldamiano.com).
