Deana Barone

Storyteller/clown/actress/writer/director/person.

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@roadplayfest Thanks to you! CAn't wait for August 7 to see how Dated comes out and all the other plays too!

[Deana Barone @DBStoryteller]

@roadplayfest The incredible actors, Janet Chamberlain, Kris Frost, & @RileySteiner r in great hands w/ excellent director Hallie Cooper!

[Deana Barone @DBStoryteller]

@roadplayfest Write from your heart & soul, then figure out what it's about AFTER your 1st draft, & only then use your brain to hone it.

[Deana Barone @DBStoryteller]

@roadplayfest When the writing flows, something opens in me, & the images and voices push their way thru to my hands & then I must write.

[Deana Barone @DBStoryteller]

@PatriciaMilton @roadplayfest thanks Patricia!

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@roadplayfest "Daphnia"-a sci-fi spy comedy TV, visually a cross bet Amelie & Brazil; co-written with director Dan Finkel, & I'm the lead.

[Deana Barone @DBStoryteller]

@roadplayfest fave show: The Wire; fave part: MetaFam (my recent solo show); fave writing: Daphnia (upcoming pilot)

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@roadplayfest Off-Broadway, was cast in all-Yiddish musical playing a 12 yo, and I'd never sung on stage, spoken Yiddish or played a kid b4.

[Deana Barone @DBStoryteller]

@roadplayfest Guirgis, Shanley,M. Birnbaum, Beckett, Shepard, Simon, Miller, Wilde, & of course Shakespeare. & the guys who wrote The Wire.

[Deana Barone @DBStoryteller]

@roadplayfest Issues of intimacy, repression, relationship dynamics, shame, anger, joy, control, and the absurd.