Dana Lynn Formby

Dana Lynn Formby is a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists. She was a finalist for the 2016 Emory Fellowship in playwriting as well as a finalist for the 2015 Princess Grace Award for playwriting. Dana's most recent play, The Labeler, is a 2016 Finalist for the American Blue Theatre Blue Ink Award. Her play Johnny 10 Beers' Daughter was listed on The Kilroys' Honorable Mention list for 2015. Her play American Beauty Shop is being published this May alongside the production here at Chicago...See more

Dana Lynn Formby is a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists. She was a finalist for the 2016 Emory Fellowship in playwriting as well as a finalist for the 2015 Princess Grace Award for playwriting. Dana's most recent play, The Labeler, is a 2016 Finalist for the American Blue Theatre Blue Ink Award. Her play Johnny 10 Beers' Daughter was listed on The Kilroys' Honorable Mention list for 2015. Her play American Beauty Shop is being published this May alongside the production here at Chicago Dramatists. It was also nominated for The Kilroys' 2014's 'The List.' See less