Barbara Dana made her New York stage debut at the age of 17 in the off-Broadway production of Arthur Laurents' A CLEARING IN THE WOODS. She appeared on Broadway in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, ENTER LAUGHING, ROOM SERVICE and William Inge's WHERE'S DADDY? She was also a member of the improvisational group, Second City, appearing in Chicago and New York. Off-Broadway: JOAN OF LORRAINE, EH?, GHOSTS, BREAK A LEG. Film: Raising Flagg, The In-Laws, Popi, Fire Sale, Chu-Chu and the Philly Flash (for which she wrote the screenplay), Samuel Beckett is Coming Soon...(short). TV: Law&Order, Law&Order: SVU, Necessary Parties (her screenplay), A Matter of Principle, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, June Moon, As the World Turns. Ms. Dana is an award-winning author of books for children and young adults. Her first play, WAR IN PARAMUS, premiered at Abingdon Theatre Company in New York in 2005, directed by Austin Pendelton. It has recently been published in the anthology New Playwrights: The Best Plays of 2006. Her most recent book, Wider than the Sky: Essays and Meditations on the Healing Power of Emily Dickinson (Kent State University Press) has recently been released.