A playwright and screenwriter, Donna has had work seen in 48 states (damn those Dakotas--somebody help!) and on five continents, including at Barrington Stage, Barrow Group, Celebration Theatre, Gulfshore Theatre, Queens Theatre, Lake Dillon Theatre Company, Theatre Aspen, The Road, Phoenix Theatre, Atlantic Stage, Purple Rose, Skylight, Pride Films and Plays, New Jersey Rep, Hens and Chickens (London), The Galway Fringe Festival, and Actors Repertory Theatre of Luxembourg. Her first produced play, THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR, ran for ten years in Romania.

Though she is produced across the country and around the world, she has had--since 2022--at least one production in her beloved home city of Buffalo every year and, to date, has worked with thirteen different theater companies there! She is currently prepping a new solo show and a commissioned fringe show for production, a musical collaboration with a planned 2027 world premiere, a screenplay, and a two-play YA commission.

Donna's plays have won multiple awards; twice been on the Kilroys List of best unproduced plays by women; and been finalists for the O'Neill, Austin Film Festival, and Princess Grace Fellowship Princess Grace. She has been nominated for the Primus, Blackburn, and Laura Pels prizes, and is a three-time winner of the Emanuel Fried Award for Outstanding New Play (SEEDS, SONS & LOVERS, ONCE IN MY LIFETIME). She has also twice received Individual Artist Awards from the New York State Council on the Arts to develop HEARTS OF STONE and CANALSIDE, and, in its final three years, Artvoice named her Buffalo's Best Writer—the only woman to ever receive the designation.  Read More

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