​welcome!
Danae is a director, choreographer, actor, & story-teller. View her directing credits here.
{PICTURED: Danae on the set of Polkadots! The Cool Kids Musical at McLeod Summer Playhouse, July 2019. Danae directed & choreographed this beautiful piece that celebrates our differences.}
RECENTLY:
JULY 2022 - OCT 2022
Danae directed and choreographed Rent at the Manatee Performing Arts Center!
APRIL 2022 - MAY 2022
Danae created, wrote, directed, and choreographed the original Broadway-style revue called The Sarasota Divas with the Players Centre of Sarasota. This "Broadway on the Bay" series was held at Selby Gardens in Sarasota and Waterside at Lakewood Ranch in May.
DECEMBER 2021 - FEBRUARY 2022
Danae was part of the world premiere cast of Ruby at the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe in Sarasota, FL! The production was meant to run January 12, 2022 - February 27, 2022 - but experienced several delays and an eventual cancellation due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19. She hopes to join the cast during a future season at WBTT.
2021
AUGUST 2021 - NOVEMBER 2021
Danae played the role of The Baker's Wife in Into the Woods with JUMP! Encore theatre company. The outdoor production took place amongst the live oak trees at Hunsader Farms. This is the second time Danae has played the role, previously with McLeod Summer Playhouse in 2017.
OCTOBER 2021
Danae directed the play, That Kiss by D.C. Cathro, as part of Theatre Odyssey's One Act Play Festival. It won first prize!
AUGUST 2021
Danae directed the new play, O.U.T. by Derek Sikkema, as part of the Sarasota Players' New Play Festival 2021. The play festival took place virtually over Zoom in August, and O.U.T. was first runner up in the festival.
SEPTEMBER 2020 - MAY 2021
What a year! Danae did some soul-searching and artistic pivoting after losing 4 jobs due to COVID-19.
Danae enjoyed an administrative stint with TADA! Youth Theater as their Marketing Manager. While working remotely for TADA!, she lived in Pigeon Forge, TN, and made people laugh at the Great Smoky Mountain Murder Mystery Dinner Show in 3 different comedies: Moonshine Murders as Lily Luke, Who Shot the Sheriff? as Miss Kitty, and Marriage Can Be Murder as The Bride.
JUNE 2020 - AUGUST 2020
Danae went (safely) back on-stage at Cornwell's Dinner Theatre in Marshall, MI, in Honky Tonk Angels as Sue Ellen. She sang lots of old country favorites, including "9 to 5," "These Boots are Made For Walkin'," "Cornell Crawford," "Rocky Top," and "Cleopatra: Queen of Denial."
This contract was cut short due to COVID-19.
JANUARY 2020 - MARCH 2020
Danae was an Associate Artist with at Lexington Children's Theatre with their 2020 Spring Tour! In addition to her role of Mary Catherine in Long Road to Freedom, she appeared in the World Premiere of The Princess and the Peas, where she originated the roles of Queen, Princess Eliza, Princess Leascelyn, and the Highwayman.
This contract was cut short due to COVID-19.
{PICTURED: Danae on the set of Polkadots! The Cool Kids Musical at McLeod Summer Playhouse, July 2019. Danae directed & choreographed this beautiful piece that celebrates our differences.}
RECENTLY:
JULY 2022 - OCT 2022
Danae directed and choreographed Rent at the Manatee Performing Arts Center!
APRIL 2022 - MAY 2022
Danae created, wrote, directed, and choreographed the original Broadway-style revue called The Sarasota Divas with the Players Centre of Sarasota. This "Broadway on the Bay" series was held at Selby Gardens in Sarasota and Waterside at Lakewood Ranch in May.
DECEMBER 2021 - FEBRUARY 2022
Danae was part of the world premiere cast of Ruby at the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe in Sarasota, FL! The production was meant to run January 12, 2022 - February 27, 2022 - but experienced several delays and an eventual cancellation due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19. She hopes to join the cast during a future season at WBTT.
2021
AUGUST 2021 - NOVEMBER 2021
Danae played the role of The Baker's Wife in Into the Woods with JUMP! Encore theatre company. The outdoor production took place amongst the live oak trees at Hunsader Farms. This is the second time Danae has played the role, previously with McLeod Summer Playhouse in 2017.
OCTOBER 2021
Danae directed the play, That Kiss by D.C. Cathro, as part of Theatre Odyssey's One Act Play Festival. It won first prize!
AUGUST 2021
Danae directed the new play, O.U.T. by Derek Sikkema, as part of the Sarasota Players' New Play Festival 2021. The play festival took place virtually over Zoom in August, and O.U.T. was first runner up in the festival.
SEPTEMBER 2020 - MAY 2021
What a year! Danae did some soul-searching and artistic pivoting after losing 4 jobs due to COVID-19.
Danae enjoyed an administrative stint with TADA! Youth Theater as their Marketing Manager. While working remotely for TADA!, she lived in Pigeon Forge, TN, and made people laugh at the Great Smoky Mountain Murder Mystery Dinner Show in 3 different comedies: Moonshine Murders as Lily Luke, Who Shot the Sheriff? as Miss Kitty, and Marriage Can Be Murder as The Bride.
JUNE 2020 - AUGUST 2020
Danae went (safely) back on-stage at Cornwell's Dinner Theatre in Marshall, MI, in Honky Tonk Angels as Sue Ellen. She sang lots of old country favorites, including "9 to 5," "These Boots are Made For Walkin'," "Cornell Crawford," "Rocky Top," and "Cleopatra: Queen of Denial."
This contract was cut short due to COVID-19.
JANUARY 2020 - MARCH 2020
Danae was an Associate Artist with at Lexington Children's Theatre with their 2020 Spring Tour! In addition to her role of Mary Catherine in Long Road to Freedom, she appeared in the World Premiere of The Princess and the Peas, where she originated the roles of Queen, Princess Eliza, Princess Leascelyn, and the Highwayman.
This contract was cut short due to COVID-19.
