First Name
Deanie
Middle Name
Last Name
Vallone
City
Country
State or Province
Job Title
Literary and New Play Consultant
Biography
Deanie Vallone is the Literary and New Play Consultant at Milwaukee Rep and a freelance dramaturg. She was most recently the Literary Director at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, overseeing the theater's New Play Development program. Mainstage dramaturgical credits with Milwaukee Rep include Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Songs for Nobodies, and Steel Magnolias (dir. Laura Braza); Eclipsed and The Chinese Lady (dir. May Adrales); Titanic, West Side Story, Junk, and Run Bambi Run (dir. Mark Clements); as well as the world premieres of Wife of a Salesman (by Eleanor Burgess, dir. Marti Lyons), Lost Girl (by Kimberly Belflower, dir. Ryan Quinn), and Parental Advisory (by Idris Goodwin, dir. Kyle Haden). Over her career, she has developed new work with Lloyd Suh, Dael Orlandersmith, Eric Simonson and Gordon Gano, Lauren Gunderson, Quan Barry, Kira Rockwell, and Ayad Akhtar, among others. Alongside playwright Marisa Carr, she wrote the audio tour walking play Soundstage MKE.
She's provided dramaturgy on projects with the NNPN/Kennedy Center, Forward Theater, and other theaters around Wisconsin. Previously she worked as Dramaturgy Fellow at Baltimore Center Stage, Dramaturgy and Casting Apprentice at Asolo Rep, and Education Resident at Milwaukee Rep.
She has been a reader for the Yale Drama Prize, Playwrights Center, and Great Plains Theatre Conference, and is on the Artistic Council for the O'Neill's National Playwrights Conference. Previoiusly, she was a lecturer with Osher through UW-Milwaukee. Her prose, poetry, and nonfiction have been published in a number of national and international journals and magazines, including The Wisconsin Review, The Independent (UK), Jumeirah Magazine (UAE), HowlRound, and American Theatre Magazine. Her play, The Craic, co-written with Milwaukee Rep Artistic Director and Olivier-nominated artist Mark Clements, had its world premiere at Milwaukee Rep in January 2025.
For over the past decade she has worked as a volunteer raptor trainer and environmental educator in her hometown. She home brews beer, plays D&D with a bunch of theater friends, and is still working on crocheting her 2024 temperature blanket.
She's provided dramaturgy on projects with the NNPN/Kennedy Center, Forward Theater, and other theaters around Wisconsin. Previously she worked as Dramaturgy Fellow at Baltimore Center Stage, Dramaturgy and Casting Apprentice at Asolo Rep, and Education Resident at Milwaukee Rep.
She has been a reader for the Yale Drama Prize, Playwrights Center, and Great Plains Theatre Conference, and is on the Artistic Council for the O'Neill's National Playwrights Conference. Previoiusly, she was a lecturer with Osher through UW-Milwaukee. Her prose, poetry, and nonfiction have been published in a number of national and international journals and magazines, including The Wisconsin Review, The Independent (UK), Jumeirah Magazine (UAE), HowlRound, and American Theatre Magazine. Her play, The Craic, co-written with Milwaukee Rep Artistic Director and Olivier-nominated artist Mark Clements, had its world premiere at Milwaukee Rep in January 2025.
For over the past decade she has worked as a volunteer raptor trainer and environmental educator in her hometown. She home brews beer, plays D&D with a bunch of theater friends, and is still working on crocheting her 2024 temperature blanket.
Language(s) spoken
English, beginner Norwegian
Interested in freelance opportunities
Yes