Description

Dana Lynn Formby is a blue-collar playwright whose attitude has been carved by the relentless Wyoming wind — lips tight, eyes squinted, legs crossed because god knows what could blow in. She is a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists. Her recent plays include "Corazon de Manzana", invited to the 2009 WordBRIDGE Play Lab; "The Small of Her Back", a 2009 Kendeda Finalist; "Inherit the Whole", which was presented in readings at Premiere Stages, Victory Gardens Theater; "Armed with Peanut Butter", winner of the 2009 Kennedy Center National 10-minute Playwriting Award and produced at The 2009 Source Festival. Dana is the 2008 recipient of the Scott McPherson Playwriting Award. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from Ohio University.

Cast & Crew

Time & Place

Company: Alliance Theatre Acting Program Winter Players

Venue: Alliance Theatre Black Box

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Biography

Jay is thrilled to be in his second play by a Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition finalist, having been seen in Spoon Lake Blues by Josh Tobiessen last fall. Previous plays with the Alliance Theatre Acting Program include The Royal Family and Once in a Lifetime. He will be seen in June in the Summer Players production of Picnic. Jay's favorite role was as Frankie Salvucci in Breaking Legs for which the Metropolitan Atlanta Theater Awards nominated him Best Minor Supporting Actor in a Play. He would like to thank BJ Hughes for casting him in this great play. He would especially like to thank his wife Tammy and their 7 kids (feline) for letting him pursue his love of acting.