Devin Porter

Devin Porter

Devin Porter is a playwright, poet, and fiction writer. His works analyze and examine the areas of race, social class, and identity. Devin has worked professionally with Columbia University, Negro Ensemble Company, Alter Theater, Forward Theater Company, Barrow Group Theatre Company, Fantasy Theatre Factory, The Playground Experiment, Caesar Ford Theatre, and The School of Thinking Making. Devin’s publications...
Devin Porter is a playwright, poet, and fiction writer. His works analyze and examine the areas of race, social class, and identity. Devin has worked professionally with Columbia University, Negro Ensemble Company, Alter Theater, Forward Theater Company, Barrow Group Theatre Company, Fantasy Theatre Factory, The Playground Experiment, Caesar Ford Theatre, and The School of Thinking Making. Devin’s publications include The Miami Times, Fjords Review, Conium Review, High Plains Register, Nzuri Journal of Umoja Community at Coastline College, Crack The Spine, RavensPerch, and the PGE Faces of America Anthology. In 2021, he was a featured poet for El Paso’s award-winning open mic series, The Barbed Wire Open Mic Series. Devin holds a B.A in English from the University of Albany, where he was a three-time Spellman Academic Award Winner. Also, he has a M.A degree in theatre. Devin is a member of Howl Playwrights based in Rhinebeck, NY, and is a member of the Dramatists Guild. His work can be found on New Play Exchange.

Plays

  • BW (One-Act Play)
    BW is about a father and son's powerful bond through playing the piano. This play explores the pressures of becoming a 1st generation college student, being a person of color at a PWI, and demonstrates how to "show up" for the people you love.
  • Real Friends (10-minute play)
    Worried that her 8-year-old son, Alex, won't make any real friends, Theresa signs up Alex for basketball. Afraid of his bullying past, Alex argues with Theresa about skipping practice and wanting to hang out with his imaginary friend instead. After Alex threatens to leave home and to live with his father, Theresa is faced with a major decision. Will she play with Alex's imaginary friend and continue...
    Worried that her 8-year-old son, Alex, won't make any real friends, Theresa signs up Alex for basketball. Afraid of his bullying past, Alex argues with Theresa about skipping practice and wanting to hang out with his imaginary friend instead. After Alex threatens to leave home and to live with his father, Theresa is faced with a major decision. Will she play with Alex's imaginary friend and continue to enable his imagination? Or will she jeopardize her relationship with him and possibly force her child out of her own home?


  • My Handsome Black King (Short)
    Walter must give his son "The Talk". If he doesn't get his message across, he and his son might have to face a harsh reality in the future.
  • What Is America? (Short)
    A school district sends an African American child an android for their class lecture. In the process, the child creates their own definition of what America truly is.
  • Landslide (a monologue)
    Landslide explores a young man named Nate going to visit his grandfather. Nate reflects on past family experiences and the power of time.
  • A Letter to My Unborn Son (a monologue)
    A Letter to My Unborn Son is about the reality that all black fathers face while trying to prepare their black children for the outside world regarding police brutality. This piece was inspired by the Ahmaud Arbery shooting.
  • McDonalds (a monologue)
    An African American woman named Kim relives the glory days and travels a path once walked before. We learn that some things in life often change, while other things stay the same and repeat themselves.
  • Perfect Attendance (a monologue)
    Tiffany, a student at HighBridge Middle School, must finish her daily therapy meeting before rushing to save her perfect attendance record.