Zora Howard

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...
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. 

Plays

  • STEW by Zora Howard
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, tragedy
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    Keyword: Surreal, family + 2 more
    Genre: drama, tragedy
    Keyword: Surreal, family, mother, Sisters
    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
    Cast: 
    11
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 7 more
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    Keyword: speculative fiction, alternate universes + 3 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, drama, horror, parody/spoof, political, satire, science fiction
    Keyword: speculative fiction, alternate universes, Afro-Surrealism, psychological, Black America
    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
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, experimental + 3 more
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    Keyword: black men, experimental
    Genre: dark comedy, experimental, fable/folktale, fantasy, tragedy
    Keyword: black men, experimental
    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
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Tituba speaks, post-Salem.
  • AtGN by Zora Howard
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    10–20
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    Genre: adaptation, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: Sophocles, modern + 3 more
    Genre: adaptation, drama, tragedy, verse
    Keyword: Sophocles, modern, family, female adapter, Sisters
    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.