Dana Aber

Biography

Dana Aber (she/her) is a theatre performer, producer, collaborator, and creator with a 20-year career spanning across the country and across the seas. As a theatre writer, Dana’s autobiographical 1-woman musical, Baggage at the Door, travels her healing process from trauma-induced PTSD. Baggage at the Door was a finalist in NYC’s ONEFest, and earned Dana a month-long artist residency with Elsewhere Studios in Colorado in 2018. Coming up, Baggage at the Door looks forward to its regional premiere in Virginia. Dana’s 1-person play FINAL BLOW explores friendship and the blame placed on boundary setting, which toured to Cleveland following its debut at the New York Theater Festival. Most recent work: Dana produced an industry workshop of Save/Reload, written in collaboration with and starring her brother, Broadway’s Drew Aber (he/his), a 1-person play about mental health and identity exploration through video games. More about Dana’s writing and performance work can be found on www.DanaAber.com