Dana Leslie Goldstein

Dana Leslie Goldstein is librettist & lyricist for Cyclone (and the Pig-Faced Lady), which began its development with a Collaboration Initiative Grant from the Women's Project. Her musical LIBERTY (book & lyrics) ran to sold-out audiences at The WorkShop Theater Company, has been funded in part by a grant from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and was presented in Mayor Bloomberg's 2008 Immigrant Heritage Week. LIBERTY is now under commercial option and being developed for the Broadway stage. Her work has also been seen at The Cherry Lane, Culture Project, Julia Miles Theatre, New Dramatists, Hartford Children's Theatre, The York, Helen Hayes PAC, Rhinebeck PAC, Center Stage, BMI, Vineyard Playhouse, Pulse, Theatre Row Theatre, Jewish Theatre of the South, Gene Frankel, Different Voices, The Lark, Neighborhood Playhouse, WorkShop Theater Company, Algonquin Theater and Pacific Theatre (Vancouver). Dana is Playwright-in-Residence of Theater Garden, which has produced Equity tours of her plays and musicals throughout the tri-state area. Dana is a published poet and playwright and holds MFAs in both Playwriting and Poetry. She has been a lyricist at BMI and member of the Playwrights' Lab at The Women's Project. Dana is a member of The WorkShop, NewShoe and Dramatists Guild of America.