ZORA HOWARD
Harlem, New York, 100 West Writing Studio, Nov - Dec 2021
Zora Howard’s work as a playwright, performer, and director is rooted in the iterative processes of witnessing and telling. Her work centers around themes of diaspora, Black cultural traditions, and relational intimacy. Often with strong and insightful narrative voice, Zora commits to rendering lived truths not only legible, but tangible on the stage. Her play STEW was a finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in drama. While in residence, Zora worked on a new play set in South Africa in an alternative history where the Cape Town water crisis never ended.