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Haley Dyana Schwartz is an award-winning actor and playwright based in NYC. They have worked in theater with folks like Hendel Productions, Clubbed Thumb, Trinity Rep, The Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble, and Celebration Theater. They star in films with awards from festivals like Big Apple Film Festival, NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, Oregon Short Film Festival, FLICKFAIR Film Festival, Los Angeles Short Film Festival, Mini CineFest, Burbank International Film Festival, and North Hollywood CineFest. Haley's short play BAD SWIMMERS was produced by MeetCute Los Angeles, their solo-show BINDINGS. holds Popular Choice and Curator's Pick awards from Irondale's On Women Festival, their full-length play MOONBOX was selected for a fully supported staged reading at Brown University, and their new play DEAD THINGS premieres in NYC in February, 2025. Haley is a founding Teaching Artist with Beyond the Page at Middlebury College. They have an MFA in Acting from Brown/Trinity Rep where they were awarded the Antonio Cirino Memorial Scholarship, a Shubert Foundation Award, and the David Wickham Prize in Playwriting. Haley is available for theater, film, TV, commercial, and print bookings!