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Daniel Damiano
Actor/Writer
AEA/Dramatists Guild Member
WELCOME TO DANIEL'S SITE
Daniel is an Award-Winning Playwright, Screenwriter, Award-Nominated Actor, Voice Over Artist, Novelist and Pushcart-nominated Poet.
As an Actor, he has played a wide variety of lead and character roles in various mediums, and has worked with a range of distinguished theatre companies. As a Playwright, he has had plays produced throughout many areas of the U.S., as well as Sydney and Melbourne, Australia and London, England. He is also Co-Founder/Artistic Director of fandango 4 Art House.
Feel free to browse this page for recent and upcoming projects.
UPCOMING /RECENT PROJECTS
Daniel lends his voice to the wonderful role of Larry "Foolosopher" Slade, in ByMouth's audiodrama adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's
classic THE ICEMAN COMETH, now available through ByMouth.org. Click on the image to listen.
The filmed version of Daniel's acclaimed solo play, ONE WITH THE CURRENT, which had a successful run Off-Broadway in NYC in the fall of 2023, is receiving an extended encore presentation on fandango 4 Art House's YouTube Channel. Click on image to the Right to Watch.
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Daniel is featured as "Old Man" in Rodney Ferrer's new dystopian feature House of Waltz, produced by Sidewalk Prophecy Films, which won Best Feature in the 2024 Roosevelt Island Film Festival, and was subsequently screened as part of the 2024 Festival of Cinema. Daniel also contributed a song to the soundtrack, as well.
After appearing in the 2020 Queens World Film Festival (Best Narrative Short) and the 2020 Art of Brooklyn Festival, Daniel's screen adaptation of his one-act play, The Lepers, received its first in-person screening as part of the 2023 Chain Film Festival in NYC, on August 5th, 2023. Click on Image to watch.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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Daniel's newly released second volume of plays contains 12 of his acclaimed short works spanning 25 years of his playwriting career, including: Cut (2011 Arts & Letters Prize for Drama Finalist), The Dessert Cart (2024 David A. Einhorn Playwriting Prize Recipient) and The Lepers (2019 Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon). The plays contain a wide variety of styles and an array of diverse and complex roles.
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A Recent Rave Review from Manhattan Book Review:
"...a deeply introspective and emotionally resonant novel that beautifully explores themes of redemption, loneliness, and unexpected companionship. - If you’re a fan of stories that explore the complexities of human nature through unconventional yet deeply meaningful relationships, Advice from a Cat is a must-read." - Kathryn Dare, Manhattan Book Review (2/20/25)
Daniel's latest novel, Advice from a Cat, is now available in Ebook and Paperback, published by fandango 4 Art House. Following Daniel's previously acclaimed novels, The Woman in the Sun Hat (2021 Seattle Book Review Recommendation) and Graphic Nature, Advice from a Cat is a compelling, psychological tale of Brian, a man in his late 30s, who strives to be an instrument of good: working at a non-profit in the Bronx, volunteering, participating in charity events and heeding the wisdom of inspiring sages, before a harrowing event from his past forces him to confront who he once was. $1 from each purchase will go to the Blind Cat Rescue and Sanctuary in St. Pauls, NC. (Click on image)
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In March 2024, Bottlecap Press released Daniel's second poetry book, The Concrete Jungle and the Surrounding Areas, available in Ebook and Paperback. Many of the assembled poems take aim at the unflinching reality of life in a formidable city, while others go further back to Daniel’s adolescent past. Within that span, the collection moves seamlessly from transportive odes on the absurdities of life, aging, childhood, survival, along with affectionate homages to the wildlife of the city. Some are about birds. One is about a moth. One is about two feral cats. And most contain the undeniable backdrop of New York City. (Click on image)
Daniel received the 2024 David A. Einhorn Playwriting Prize for his one-act play, The Dessert Cart, which was presented as a staged reading at Opera America in NYC in January 2025. The award is sponsored by Untitled Theatre Company No. 61, with Edward Einhorn its Artistic Director (pictured on the right).
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