All Stories About Aleshea Harris

Theatre in Black and White: Antoinette Nwandu & Graham Schmidt

Married theatremakers talk about what they took home from ‘Fairview,’ ‘Slave Play,’ and ‘What to Send Up When It Goes Down.’

Among the finalists are Dominique Morisseau, Celine Song, Aleshea Harris, Lucy Prebble, and Anne Washburn.

Commissions were awarded to Tori Sampson, David Adjmi, and Aleshea Harris, among others.

The other winners include TDF’s Accessibility Programs and the late Neil Simon. They will each receive $5,000.

Colleagues and former students of the playwright share how she helped shape their lives and work.

A conversation with playwright Aleshea Harris about her play, which seeks to give a theatrical shape to rage and absurdity.

A new wave of Black playwrights has upended the myth of the singular genius, even as tokenism and constraining expectations persist.