Danielle Wirsansky is a playwright, librettist, lyricist, and dramaturg. She recently became an Ambassador for the Dramatist Guild in the Gulf Coast region. She also founded and served as the Artistic Director of White Mouse Theatre Productions, a theatre company for social change, with a particular focus on using theatre as a platform for public history (2016-2018). She is very excited to now return to White Mouse as the Marketing Director, starting in 2021. In 2017 she was named a Young Theatremacher by the Alliance for Jewish Theatre and she has also been awarded the MRCE, URCAA, and IDEA grants from Florida State University towards her research in using theatre as a platform for public history. Her other previous theatrical endeavors include working as the Associate Managing Director at a regional theater in Vermont.

Danielle Wirsansky is from Jacksonville, FL. She received a BA in Theatre, a BA in English (Creative Writing) with a minor in History, a Graduate Certificate in Publishing & Editing, and an MA in Modern European History (minor field: public history). She is currently pursuing her PhD in History from Florida State University. Her major field is Modern European History while her minor fields include Public History, Gender & Sexuality, and War & Society.

Her plays, pieces of public history meant to teach audiences about history, have been performed both nationally and internationally, from Florida State University to the Boston Conservatory at Berklee to the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust NYC to the Stage Art School in Viborg, Denmark. More information on her work can be found at www.DanielleWirsansky.com.