Biography of Dan Dietz

Dan Dietz is a playwright living in Austin, Texas. His plays include Dirigible, Blind Horses, Tilt Angel, tempOdyssey, and Americamisfit, and have been seen in New York, Los Angeles, and points in between. Dietz has been honored with a James A. Michener Fellowship, a Josephine Bay Paul Fellowship, and the Austin Critics Table Award for Best New Play. He is a two-time finalist for the Princess Grace Award and a nominee for the Oppenheimer Award, the Osborn Award, and the ATCA/Steinberg Award. His short plays Trash Anthem and A Bone Close to My Brain were produced at the 2003 and 2004 Humana Festivals of New American Plays, respectively. Trash Anthem received the 2003 Heideman Award from the Actors Theatre of Louisville. His play tempOdyssey was recently presented in a staged reading at the Public Theater as part of their New Work Now! Festival, and in an Off-Broadway showcase production in the Summer Play Festival. Dietz has developed his work at CenterStage (Baltimore, MD), Annex Theatre (Seattle, WA), Horizon Theatre (Atlanta, GA), The Playwrights Center (Minneapolis, MN), Salvage Vanguard Theater (Austin, TX), and the Millay Colony for the Arts. Dietzs work has been published by Samuel French, Heinemann, Smith & Kraus, and Stage & Screen. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Kennesaw State University in 1995 and his Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting from the University of Texas at Austin in 1999. Dietz is a Resident Company Member of Salvage Vanguard Theater and a Core Member of the Playwrights Center.
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