Zora Howard

Zora Howard is a Harlem-bred writer and performer. Plays include STEW (2021 Pulitzer Prize Finalist; P73), THE MASTER’S TOOLS (WTF), BUST (2022 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Finalist), AtGN (2022 Creative Capital Award Finalist) and GOOD FAITH. In 2020, her film Premature (2020 Film Independent John Cassavetes Award nominee), which she co-wrote with director Rashaad Ernesto Green, opened in theaters following its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Zora is the inaugural Judith Champion Fellow at MTC, a 2022 Lilly Award and Helen Merrill Award recipient and is currently under commission from Seattle Rep, MTC, and Wessex Grove. 

Zora Howard is a Harlem-bred writer and performer. Plays include STEW (2021 Pulitzer Prize Finalist; P73), THE MASTER’S TOOLS (WTF), BUST (2022 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Finalist), AtGN (2022 Creative Capital Award Finalist) and GOOD FAITH. In 2020, her film Premature (2020 Film Independent John Cassavetes Award nominee), which she co-wrote with director Rashaad Ernesto Green, opened in theaters following its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Zora is the inaugural Judith Champion Fellow at MTC, a 2022 Lilly Award and Helen Merrill Award recipient and is currently under commission from Seattle Rep, MTC, and Wessex Grove. 

Scripts

STEW

by Zora Howard

Synopsis

The Tucker women are up early to prepare a very important meal, or at least that's what Mama says. But as the day wears on, past hurts and old resentments boil to the surface, making a mess of everything. STEW explores the substance of that special stuff passed between kinswomen and how the secrets we keep from our mothers eventually become the secrets we keep from ourselves.

The Tucker women are up early to prepare a very important meal, or at least that's what Mama says. But as the day wears on, past hurts and old resentments boil to the surface, making a mess of everything. STEW explores the substance of that special stuff passed between kinswomen and how the secrets we keep from our mothers eventually become the secrets we keep from ourselves.

BUST

by Zora Howard

Synopsis

Retta and Reggie are enjoying their usual evening on the porch when their longtime neighbor is pulled over by the police. Everything goes as you might expect until the unexpected happens. When the incident is posted online, it’s not only hell that breaks loose.

Retta and Reggie are enjoying their usual evening on the porch when their longtime neighbor is pulled over by the police. Everything goes as you might expect until the unexpected happens. When the incident is posted online, it’s not only hell that breaks loose.

HANG TIME

by Zora Howard

Synopsis

Three men chew the fat under an old, wide tree. In this exploration of intergenerational bonds, we peek into the interiority - the great loves and bitter blues - of Black men in America.

Three men chew the fat under an old, wide tree. In this exploration of intergenerational bonds, we peek into the interiority - the great loves and bitter blues - of Black men in America.

THE MASTER'S TOOLS

by Zora Howard

Synopsis

Tituba speaks, post-Salem.

Tituba speaks, post-Salem.

AtGN

by Zora Howard

Synopsis

A young man’s body lies mangled in the street, unburied by official edict. The people of Thebes avert their eyes, turning instead to a new leader who vows to restore order in the city at any cost. But when one girl cannot look away, she breaks faith with everything she has known in order to set things right. An investigation of moral imperative, AtGN forces us to question our own stake in the struggle between...

A young man’s body lies mangled in the street, unburied by official edict. The people of Thebes avert their eyes, turning instead to a new leader who vows to restore order in the city at any cost. But when one girl cannot look away, she breaks faith with everything she has known in order to set things right. An investigation of moral imperative, AtGN forces us to question our own stake in the struggle between collective duty and individual consequence.