Author: Xandra Nur Clark

XANDRA NUR CLARK is a playwright, performer, journalist, and community-builder. Their works include POLYLOGUES (2021 Colt Coeur Production, 2020 Kilroys List); EVERYTHING YOU’RE TOLD (2023 O’Neill NPC Semi-Finalist, 2021 Chesley/Bumbalo Playwriting Award, 2019 La MaMa Reading); SEPARATED (2021 O’Neill NPC Semi-Finalist); ANTHOLOGY: CROWN HEIGHTS (2016 Weeksville Heritage Center Production); and RETURNING HOME (2013 General Oliver P. Smith Award for Local Reporting, broadcast on multiple NPR stations). They’ve received grants from NYSCA/Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and Stanford Arts; and residencies from Roundabout Theatre Company/Berkshire Theatre Group, MASS MoCA, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, and Blue Mountain Center. Xandra is a 2018-19 Queer|Art Fellow, a Member Artist of Ensemble Studio Theatre, a singer with Ukrainian Village Voices, and a certified Crisis Counselor for the Anti-Violence Project’s LGBTQ hotline. BA Theater, MA Journalism: Stanford University. www.xandraclark.com