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.

Scripts

The Wine Vignettes

by Dani Nelson

2

Cast Size

4

Genre

dark comedy,

drama

“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

by Dani Nelson

Cast Size

1

Genre

drama

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...

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?