Dana Lynn Formby is the current theatre instructor at Front Range Community College at the Larimer Campus. Her television pilot was a 2022 second-rounder for the Austin Film festival and is in the top 21% on Coverfly. She is a Bloomsbury Methuen published playwright. She is a finalist or semifinalist for the 2015, 2016, and 2017 Princess Grace Award for playwriting. Her play THE LABELER, was a 2016 finalist for the American Blues Theatre Blue Ink Award and was read at Luna Stage in 2017. Her play JOHNNY 10 BEERS' DAUGHTER was a finalist for the O'Neill 2016 National Playwrights Conference and the 2016 Emory Fellowship in playwriting. It was produced in 2017 by Something Marvelous and Chicago Dramatists. Her play AMERICAN BEAUTY SHOP was developed at Bloomington Shakespeare Festival, read at Steppenwolf’s First Look 2014 and produced by Some Company of Sydney Australia as well as Chicago Dramatists. Dana is a three time ‘Kilroy Honorable Mention’ playwright. Her plays have been produced, workshopped, or developed by Pegasus Theatre Chicago, Stage Left, Chicago Dramatists, Mortar Theatre Company, Steep, PICT, Victory Gardens, WordBRIDGE, Florida Studio Theatre, The Alliance Theatre of Atlanta, The Kennedy Center, Theater Emory, The Department of Cultural Affairs of Chicago, and New York Theatre Workshop. Her short play A DECK OF MONSTERS was featured in Goodman Theatre's New Play Bake-Off. Her play UNTIL DEATH was produced in 2015 at Concordia University Chicago in association with Chicago Dramatists. She holds an MFA in playwriting from Ohio University. She has been commissioned by Theater Emory.
