Artist Profiles
Dina Facklis
Dina (u/s Margaret/Jean) has been performing in Chicago since 1996 and is thrilled to be understudying at Steppenwolf Theatre Company for the first time. She has performed and directed for the Second City National Touring Company and Theatricals, and she currently performs weekly and teaches at iO Chicago Theater in Virgin Daiquiri and The Armando Diaz. She was delighted to play Vera in American Theater Company's production of Distracted in 2010, and was equally delighted to play Nicolas Cage's secretary in The Weather Man in 2005. Dina takes tremendous pride in being named Improviser of the Year at iO Chicago Theater in 2011. “Much love to her family, especially her late mother and father whom she misses every day.”