Donnetta Lavinia Grays

Donnetta Lavinia Grays

Donnetta Lavinia Grays is the author of Kudzu Calling, Where We Stand (Lucille Lortel, Drama League, AUDELCO and Broadway Black award nominee), Last Night and the Night Before, Warriors Don’t Cry, Lai... Read more

Donnetta Lavinia Grays is the author of Kudzu Calling, Where We Stand (Lucille Lortel, Drama League, AUDELCO and Broadway Black award nominee), Last Night and the Night Before, Warriors Don’t Cry, Laid to Rest and The Review or How to Eat Your Opposition. She is the recipient of The Whiting Award for Drama, Helen Merrill Playwright Award, The National Theater Conference’s Stavis Playwright Award, Lilly Award, Todd McNerney National Playwriting Award and the Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award. Donnetta holds commissions with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, WP Theater, SC New Play Festival and True Love Productions.