about
Growing up, Dana was surrounded by the arts. It all started off with piano lessons and choir. After that came the oboe and shortly after, she was led to the stage. Her acting began in 4th grade when she was in her first production, Little Shop of Horrors. Since then, her love for music and theatre has only grown. And here we are, 20 years later and still going at it.
Dana graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University with a BFA in Musical Theatre, class of '18. Since then, she has worked with Chicago companies such as Oak Park Festival Theatre, BrightSide Theatre, and Highland Park Players. She also spread out into the world of Disney and worked with Fairytale Entertainment as a princess (and occasional superhero or mascot)for all types of events.
During the past year, Dana moved back to Chicago to continue her theatre career. She spent her time in Minneapolis working with Lakeshore Players Theatre on their production of White Christmas. She also began her modeling career - which was recently featured in Minnesota's 2023 "Prestige Portrait Magazing. With 2024 in full swing, she hopes to keep growing with her craft through classes and more shows to come.
Where can you find Dana doing when she's not surrounded by the theatre world?
- traveling around the globe
- playing with her adorable dogs, Max & Rocket
- watching Hallmark movies
- pulling all-nighters doing 2000 piece puzzles