Quinn D Eli
Playwriting Biography:
Quinn Eli’s plays include “My Name is Bess,” which received top honors in the 2006 Trustus Playwrights’ Festival and was produced at Trustus Theatre in Columbia, SC; “Analawn,” commissioned by People’s Light and Theatre; “Tea for the Fever,” which was a finalist for the Lark Play Development Center’s 2006 Playwrights’ Week; and “Hot Black/Asian Action,” a comedy about sexual and racial stereotypes that premiered at the 2006 New York International Fringe Festival. The two-time recipient of Fellowships in Literature from the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts, Eli has published fiction and essays in Essence, New York Newsday, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and other publications. His most recent book, Homecoming: The Story of African American Farmers, is a companion volume to the PBS film.