DANIELLA TOPOL

Health Care Education/Experience

Columbia School of Nursing, DNP Candidate in the FNP Program, Expected Graduation: August 2026.

Columbia School of Nursing, MDE Program, Expected Graduation: August 2024: Cumulative GPA: 3.955
Clinical Integration – April -May 2024 (216 Hours): Memorial Sloan Kettering
IPE Student Advisory Board;; Teaching Fellow with ACComPLISHED; Student Research Worker.
Award: The Alpha Zeta Chapter of Sigma for exemplifying the principles of Sigma: leadership, scholarship, and community service.

Co-Creator, Theater Health Care Intervention Project
In collaboration with Matthew Loscalzo, Professor and Editor of Loss and Grief: Personal Stories of Doctors and Other Healthcare Professionals on a stage adaptation of this book, specifically for Healthcare Professionals.
First presentation: City of Hope, September 2024.

Volunteer, New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, February 2022 – January 2023 (190 Hours)

Virtual Birth Doula Training Program, Birthing Beyond, December 2022

Press

https://www.regiscollege.edu/about-regis/news/nursing-her-second-act

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/theater/daniella-topol-rattlestick-theater-nurse.html

Professional Theater Management Experience

Artistic Director, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, April 2016 – May 2023
Direct all artistic, strategic, and financial activities for the 28-year old theater company with $1.5 million dollar budget located in the West Village, www.rattlestick.org. Select all core artists and productions, develop and work with the Board on the company’s strategic priorities, oversee 5 full-time staff and 5 part-time employees and over 10-20 artists on a continual basis, raise funds to support the work and renovate the theater, and develop core community partnerships.

Founder/Director of LIVES FILMS
Lives Films is a boutique video memoir company, designed to amplify the stories of those in their 70s, 80s, and 90s. Developed an active client base, staffed videographers, editors and sound engineers to film the work. Conduct interviews and oversee the editing process for over 12 films. www.livesfilms.com

Freelance Director, 2008-2016
Travelled around the country and in NYC directing new plays, many of which were NY Times Critics’ Picks.

Artistic Program Director and Managing Director, Lark Play Development Center, 2004-2008
Oversaw the artistic programs of this leading development center. Created new initiatives to support the development process and partnerships with several producing and development centers. Managed the finances, fundraising, board development, and staffing needs for the $700,000 company.

New Works Program Director, National Alliance for Musical Theatre, 2000-2004
Produced the Annual Festival of New Musicals in NYC attended by thousands of theater producers and presenters from around the country.

Associate Producing Director, City Theatre Company, Pittsburgh, PA, 1998-2000
Programmed and produced works in the theater’s studio space and ran the literary and education programs.

Guest Lecturer
Brooklyn College (Adjunct Professor), Carnegie Mellon, Fordham University, Harvard University, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Point Park College, University of Connecticut

Data Analysis
Systems and Statistical Analysis through Master of Arts Management Program at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Public Policy and Management (1997); Data review through theater management jobs outlined above.

Other Volunteer/Civic Engagement Activities

Volunteer, Masbia Soup Kitchen, April 2020-March 2021
Distribute boxes of food to clients, assist with the preparation of food in the kitchen.

Volunteer, NY Cares, 2000-2012
Assist in soup kitchens and food distribution, English tutoring, coat drives

Pollworker, 2020 Presidential Election

Education
Carnegie Mellon University – Bachelor of Fine Arts in Directing, 1992-1996.
Carnegie Mellon University – Master of Arts Management in the School of Public Policy and. Management, 1995-1997.
University of Rochester’s School of Nursing Online Courses - Nursing Pre-Requisites.
Columbia University, School of Nursing, MDE Program, Expected Graduation: August 2024.
Columbia University, DNP in FNP, Expected Graduation: August 2026.