DANA L. STRINGER is a writer, playwright, poet, screenwriter, and writing instructor. Her work is primarily concerned with themes of identity — racial, sexual, gender, religious, and social — through a Southern lens. She seeks to explore, challenge, and debunk negative stereotypes, myths, and belief systems that reinforce prejudice, bigotry, inequality, and injustice. She is committed to bridging gaps by creating work that fosters empathy, understanding, and compassion. She believes that the performing arts, the literary arts, and the cinematic arts are the most effective platforms for promoting understanding.

Dana's body of work has garnered a reputation for tackling some of the most controversial and critical issues, while centering and humanizing characters who have been historically ‘othered’. Her overall mission is to nurture ongoing dialogue while educating, entertaining, and empowering others through the arts.

"...It was a story that I had never heard before, [it] was deeply rooted in Atlanta, with amazing characters and brilliant writing. I immediately knew that Dana was a playwright to watch..." Matt Torney, Artistic Director, Theatrical Outfit

Dana holds a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles and a Bachelors of Arts from Morehead State University. She has served as an online instructional facilitator and instructor in the Inspiration to Publication Program at Antioch University Los Angeles. Dana is currently an adjunct faculty member at Antioch University Online and an academic writing consultant in the eLearning industry.

Dana is an Artist-in-Residence at Out of Hand Theater. Through Out of Hand, Dana has been commissioned to create work that has been presented for tailored audiences at Audible, BlackRock, Emory University's Goizueta Business School, Corporate Volunteer Council of Atlanta, and Urban League of Greater Atlanta Young Professionals. She has also been commissioned by Horizon Theatre, Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre, and Alabama Shakespeare Festival. She is currently an artist in the Emerging Playwrights Collective for the New Georgia Woman Project: Black Women Speak at Horizon Theatre Company.

Dana's most recent play, We the Village, was selected for Theatrical Outfit’s Made in Atlanta new play development program and the Unexpected Play Festival (2020) as well as Working Title Playwright’s First Light Series (2018). Some of her latest short works have been virtually presented by Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Billie Holiday Theatre, Out of Hand Theater, and Black Theatre Network. A combination of her produced plays, staged readings, and interdisciplinary art have been presented by Theatrical Outfit, Vanguard Repertory Company, Ain’t I a Woman Playfest, Blue Pearl Theatrics, National Black Theatre Festival, Fade to Black Play Festival, MoJo Fest, Coleman & Smith Artistic Company, and NAACP 10-Minute Play Festival. Some of her short play scripts are available at New Play Exchange Network.

She is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and Atlanta-based Working Title Playwrights. She has been a guest playwright and judge for the National Playwriting Program at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for Region 8. She has also participated in playwriting workshops at the Robey Theatre Playwright's Lab in Los Angeles as well as the Page to Stage playwriting workshop with the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival.

Dana is a Cave Canem fellow. She has been a featured poet at the AJC Decatur Book Festival, the World Stage, Long Beach Job Corp, and additional venues throughout Los Angeles and Atlanta. She is the author of the poetry chapbook, In Between Faith. Her poetry has also appeared in the African American Review, Rogue Agent, For Harriet and Blackberry: a magazine. In 2019, a series of her poems from Black Body, Blue Note were adapted into a movement and poetry performance as well as a short film by Vanguard Repertory Company.

In 2017, Solomon's Porch, was a semi-finalist in the Nashville Film Festival's Screenwriting Competition. In 2014, Solomon's Porch was selected to be read in the SAG- AFTRA Atlanta Indie Screenwriter Showcase at the Porter Sanford III Performing Arts and Community Center. In 2013, Dana's short screenplay, ID, adapted from her play with the same title, was selected to be used as part of the curriculum in the Stage and Screenwriting course at Long Beach City College.

She is currently developing a TV Pilot.

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