Donnetta Lavinia Grays (she/her) - Donnetta is a Brooklyn-based playwright-actor from Columbia, SC. Her plays include Where We Stand, Last Night and the Night Before, Laid to Rest, and The Review or How to Eat Your Opposition. She’s received The Whiting Award for Drama, The Helen Merrill Playwright Award, NTC’s Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwright Award, Lilly Award, Todd McNerney National Playwriting Award, and the Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award. She is also a Lucille Lortel, Drama League, and AUDELCO Award Nominee. Commissions: Steppenwolf, Denver Center, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, WP Theater, and True Love Productions.