Eisa Davis

Eisa Davis is a writer, composer and actress working on stage and screen. A recipient of the 2020 Creative Capital Award, a Herb Alpert Awardee in Theater and an Obie winner for Sustained Excellence in Performance, Eisa was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her play Bulrusher, and wrote and starred in the stage memoir Angela’s Mixtape. Other plays include Paper Armor, Umkovu, Six Minutes, The History Of Light (Barrymore nomination), Warriors Don’t Cry (adapted from the memoir by Melba Pattillo Beals), Ramp (Ruby Prize), Mushroom and ||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||:. Collaborations include Maze (The Shed), Hip Hop Anansi, Active Ingredients and Cirque du Soleil’s Crystal.