Dani Nelson

Dani Nelson

Dani Nelson is a writer and actor based in NYC. Her play April is Over received 5 stars at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She was a 2022 National Playwrights Conference Semifinalist, and attended the Fresh Ground Pepper 2022 BRB Retreat. She holds an MA in Acting from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Plays

  • The Wine Vignettes
    “Wine itself is a memory—it remembers its whole life. When we drink it, we’re tasting what it means to remember.” A single glass of wine tells the story of life, love, sex, and death. The Wine Vignettes is a collection of five scenes for four actors, following wine from grapes to glass, and weaving through glimpses of lovers in moments of heartbreak, revenge, desire, and defeat. Each vignette is a different...
    “Wine itself is a memory—it remembers its whole life. When we drink it, we’re tasting what it means to remember.” A single glass of wine tells the story of life, love, sex, and death. The Wine Vignettes is a collection of five scenes for four actors, following wine from grapes to glass, and weaving through glimpses of lovers in moments of heartbreak, revenge, desire, and defeat. Each vignette is a different glass in this wine tasting of a play that explores how wine can reveal us to ourselves, or help us to forget.
  • April is Over
    A dark cupboard. A girl alone. The deafening sounds of silence. Are you afraid to listen?

    A Beckett-inspired, deeply personal solo performance diving into the darkness of the mind, where the silence isn’t so silent after all. For 19 gut-wrenching minutes, this immersive piece traps you in a cupboard with a single performer as she battles with a soundscape of her innermost thoughts. Will she find...
    A dark cupboard. A girl alone. The deafening sounds of silence. Are you afraid to listen?

    A Beckett-inspired, deeply personal solo performance diving into the darkness of the mind, where the silence isn’t so silent after all. For 19 gut-wrenching minutes, this immersive piece traps you in a cupboard with a single performer as she battles with a soundscape of her innermost thoughts. Will she find her way back out?