Professor of Practice, Graduate Theater Program
- PhD, University of California San Diego/University of California Irvine Joint Program, Theatre and Drama
- MFA, University of California San Diego, Dramaturgy
- BA, University of Houston, English and Radio/Television Production
Danielle Mages Amato holds an MFA in Dramaturgy and a PhD in Drama and Theatre from the University of California San Diego. She currently works as the Director of New Plays and Dramaturgy at The Old Globe in San Diego. She is a past president and board member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas. Danielle spent four years as the dramaturg and literary manager of The Studio Theatre in Washington, DC. At the Globe, Danielle has overseen six years of the Powers New Voices Festival and has dramaturged world premieres of plays by Sam Hunter, JC Lee, Matthew Lopez, Itamar Moses, Anna Ziegler, and others. She is the author of The Hidden Memory of Objects, a novel published by Balzer+Bray/HarperCollins.