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Danielle Davenport is a Brooklyn-based actor and writer who has performed in productions, workshops and readings at theaters including The Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Theater for a New Audience, Soho Rep, New York Theater Workshop, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Ensemble Studio Theatre, INTAR, Clubbed Thumb, Target Margin, The Civilians, Hartford Stage and others. Screen credits include Netflix's Master of None and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, HBO's Boardwalk Empire and a number of short films. Author of two plays-Claudia, a 2012 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference semifinalist, and Always, recently developed as part of the Fire This Time Festival-she's currently working on her first television pilot and graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University.

STAGE CREDITS

[Off-Broadway]
Playwrights Horizons Off-Broadway Production, 2016
Performer


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Playwrights Set for THE FIRE THIS TIME Festival 7th Cycle Of New Works Lab

The Fire This Time Festival will present Melda Beaty, Rachel Herron, and Marcus Scott as playwrights for its New Works Lab. Learn more about the Lab and about the playwrights!
France-Luce Benson, Adrienne Dawes, Deneen Reynolds-Knott And Mars Wolfe To Develop Work In The Fire This Time Festival New Works Lab

France-Luce Benson, Adrienne Dawes, Deneen Reynolds-Knott, and Mars Wolfe will be developing their work in The Fire This Time Festival New Works Lab. Get all the details here.
Industry Reading of Tina Howe's WHERE WOMEN GO to be Presented This Month

 Concord Theatricals and The Tent Theater Company will present an invite-only industry reading of Tina Howe’s latest and final collection of plays, Where Women Go, on April 25, 2023, at 59E59.
Westport Country Playhouse Partners With WSHU Public Radio For Playhouse Radio Theater's A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS CAROL

In the spirit of the holiday season, Westport Country Playhouse Radio Theater, a free-of-charge broadcast series, will reprise the inventive audio play, “A Merry Little Christmas Carol,” airing on WSHU Radio on Saturday, December 24, at 6:06 p.m. (following the national news), with a rebroadcast on Sunday, December 25, at 1:06 p.m.
Kendra Augustin, Kim Brockington, Jahquale Mazyck & James Anthony Tyler Join The Fire This Time Festival New Works Lab

The Obie-Award winning The Fire This Time Festival has announced the four playwrights – Kendra Augustin, Kim Brockington, Jahquale Mazyck and James Anthony Tyler –  who will be developing work in the 5th cycle of its New Works Lab program.
AFRICAN/AMERICAN: MAKING THE NATION'S TABLE Extended at the Museum of Food and Drink

vThe Museum of Food and Drink, in partnership with The Africa Center, today announced a one-month extension of its exhibition African/American: Making the Nation’s Table, now on view through July 17 at the newly-constructed home of The Africa Center at Aliko Dangote Hall (1280 5th Avenue, New York).
Waterwell's 7 Minutes Begins Tonight at HERE

Performances begin tonight for the U.S. and English-language premiere of Stefano Massini’s 7 Minutes, produced by Waterwell in association with Working Theater. 
Waterwell Announces 7 MINUTES Casting

Waterwell has announced casting for the U.S. premiere of Stefano Massini's 7 Minutes, produced in association with Working Theater. The cast of 11 is composed entirely of women and gender non-conforming BIPOC+ actors.
Bard At The Gate Announces Free Re-Release Of FREEMAN and SONNETS

Bard at the Gate, the leader in new digital theater, and McCarter Theater Center announce the FREE re-release of the first two productions of the Bard 2021-22 season – HOW TO RAISE A FREEMAN by Zakiyyah Alexander and SONNETS FOR AN OLD CENTURY by Jose Rivera – starting December 23 at 5 p.m. (ET) through December 31 at 11 p.m.  (ET)
Westport Country Playhouse Partners With WSHU For A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS CAROL

In the spirit of the holiday season, Westport Country Playhouse Radio Theater, a free-of-charge broadcast series, will reprise from last year the inventive audio play, “A Merry Little Christmas Carol,” airing on WSHU Radio on Saturday, December 25, at 3:06 p.m. (following the national news), with a rebroadcast on Sunday, December 26, at 3:06 p.m.
McCarter Theater Announces Casting For Jose Rivera's SONNETS FOR AN OLD CENTURY

BARD AT THE GATE – the digital theater play series begun at the height of the pandemic – announces that BARD creator and co-curator Paula Vogel is one of seven performers in the cast of Jose Rivera's SONNETS FOR AN OLD CENTURY, debuting December 1.
Paula Vogel Joins the Cast of SONNETS FOR AN OLD CENTURY

BARD AT THE GATE – the digital theater play series begun at the height of the pandemic – has announced that BARD creator and co-curator Paula Vogel is one of seven performers in the cast of Jose Rivera’s SONNETS FOR AN OLD CENTURY, debuting December 1 at 7:30 p.m. (eastern).
William Watkins, Shamar S. White and Antu Yacob Selected For The Fire This Time Festival New Works Lab

The Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival (TFTT) is excited to announce the three dramatists who have been selected to participate in the fourth cycle of their New Works Lab Program: William Watkins, Shamar S. White, and Antu Yacob.
Westport Country Playhouse Presents A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS CAROL

Westport Country Playhouse, in partnership with WSHU Public Radio, will present a free-of-charge audio play, “A Merry Little Christmas Carol,” on Saturday, December 19, at noon, followed by a rebroadcast on Saturday, December 26, at 8 p.m. WSHU frequencies and locations are listed at wshu.org in the About Us drop-down menu.
Westport Country Playhouse Hosts Free Playreading On International Women's Day, March 8

To celebrate International Women's Day on Friday, March 8, at 7 p.m., Westport Country Playhouse will host a free-of-charge reading of "The Revolutionists," an irreverent comedy about four women - a spy, an assassin, a writer, and a royal. 
New York Stage And Film Announces Filmmakers' Workshop Winter Session

New York Stage and Film announced today that the participants from the fourth season of the Filmmakers' Workshop will gather in New York City February 27th through March 1st for their Winter Session.
Photo Flash: BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK Celebrates Opening Night

The Signature Theatre production of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and Residency 1 playwright Lynn Nottage and directed by Obie Award-winner Kamilah Forbes, recently celebrated opening night on The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center. Check out photos from the evening below!
Connecticut Women Attend the Second Women's Voices Theater Festival Held in D.C.

Connecticut women attend Voices Festival in DC; Playwright Initiative at Ivoryton; International Women's Day Readings at Westport
Westport Country Playhouse Hosts International Women's Day Event Featuring Joanna Gleason and More

Westport Country Playhouse will host the second annual 'Letters to Our Daughters,' a free-of-charge event to celebrate International Women's Day, on Thursday, March 8, at 7 p.m. A diverse group of 13 women, including Tony Award winners Joanna Gleason and Judith Ivey, and 'This Is Us' series regular Susan Kelechi Watson, will read essays and poems written by female authors on global women's issues.
Vassar Powerhouse's Star-Studded 2017 Season Kicks Off Today

Vassar & New York Stage and Film's highly anticipated 33rd Powerhouse Season starts tonight, June 23 and runs through July 30, 2017 in Poughkeepsie, NY.

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