Dana's Actor Resume

Dana Aber (she/her) is an award-winning theatre performer, producer, collaborator, and creator, with a 20 year career spanning across the country and across the seas. She has been seen in NYC Off-Broadway, at The Dixon Place, NYFringe Festival, NYMF, Apollo Theatre, and FDCAC/Classical Theatre of Harlem. A strong advocate for the development of new musicals, she has been involved in countless presentations at New Dramatists, NYU Tisch, Dramatists Guild, Ars Nova, and across virtual media. Through her Big Thunder Productions company, Dana has created and helmed 8 concert-cabarets, most notably the bi-coastal #YesAllWomen Raise Your Voice concert joining artists within the movement for gender equality.

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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 debuted Off-Broadway in 2023 at AMT Theater, and was subsequently awarded a NYSCA Grant from the State of New York.

A Spanish-translation version of Baggage at the Door was presented in December 2024 through the benefit of the NYSCA Grant: Equipaje en la Puerta is exploring international opportunities for the future. Also a finalist in NYC’s ONEFest, Dana's work on Baggage at the Door earned her a month-long artist residency with Elsewhere Studios in Colorado in 2018. Dana’s soloplay FINAL BLOW, which explores the blame placed on boundary setting, enjoyed its NYC festival debut in November 2021 before touring to Cleveland. Dana collaborated with her brother - Broadway’s Drew Aber  - on her new play Save/Reload, about identity exploration through video games, which debuted in NYC in January 2025 and garnered Drew a Best Actor nomination from the producing festival.

Dana is a survivor and advocate, and is honored to be able to use her voice to shed light on the dark places where mental health issues often hide.