Danielle Ward

After graduating from EWU with her Masters in creative writing, Danielle Ward helped spread the joy of reading and writing as the Get Lit! Program Director from 2008 to 2011. She then moved to San Diego, California and became the Literary Manager at the San Diego REPertory Theatre. This includes reading over 250 plays a year and leading the selection of plays for produced each season. She also supports the development of new plays by serving as the dramaturg on world  premieres like: Steal Heaven by Herbert Siguenza, Into the Beautiful North by Karen Zacarias, and the innovative interactive play Beachtown by Herbert Siguenza and Rachel Grossman. Plus, when San Diego REP collaborates with other theaters in the National New Play Network, Danielle has been a co-dramaturg for multiple productions in a Rolling World Premiere such as: The Exit Interview by William Missouri Downs and Uncanny Valley by Thomas Gibbons. She is also the Editor for The Curious Report e-magazines which showcase in-depth information about each play and its themes. She mentors several interns interested in this work each year from local colleges.

She landed her dream job after gathering some extremely useful tools through her theatre studies at the University of California at Irvine, with an emphasis on playwriting, her work in film as the Assistant to the Head of the Story Department at Dreamworks SKG, and all that she learned about creative writing at Eastern.

She currently is enjoying the San Diego sunshine with her wife and son and has many things in progress.