YOLANDA K. WILKINSON

• YOLANDA K. WILKINSON (Actor/Playwright) aka YEAUXLANDA KAY has been called "one of the country's most respected and talented spoken word artists” by Playbill, "charismatic and funny" by Theatermania and called “smart” by The New York Times. She was featured in the New York Neo-Futurists’ production of LOCKER #4173b, winner of the 2011 NYIT Award (New York Innovative Theatre Award) She has performed at The Public Theater, Lincoln Center, Cherry Lane, Manhattan Theater Club, Classical Theater of Harlem, The National Black Theatre Festival, and The New Black Theater Festival with Suzan Lori Parks and Lynn Nottage. She toured the nation with the poetry trio, The Morrigan, was a VH-1 Slam Champion and MTVSlam Finalist. She is featured in Slamnation 2 and Busboys & Poets in Washington D.C., reading excerpts from her book, The Power of F
• Ck It. Her first solo play, UNTITLED & UNFINISHED, was in festivals all over the country, including The Downtown Urban Theater Festival, The Los Angeles Women's Theater Festival and The Aspen Comedy Festival. She aired on The Peabody Award-winning, Russell Simmons' HBO Def Poetry Jam, (seasons 3 & 4). She is featured in the HBO film Undefeated directed by and starring John Leguizamo and What Goes Around, winner of Best Urban Film in The NY Independent Film Festival. She was in the workshop of THE BLACK MAN ACT: The Trial of Jack Johnson by Gamal Chasten and directed by John Gould Rubin. She played the role of "Fee" in Mac Rogers' SOVEREIGN, the third play of the Honeycomb Trilogy, a New York Times and Time Out NY Critics’ Pick and New York Times and Guardian's Best Theatre of 2015. Her trilogy of one acts, MYTHOLOGY, made its debut at the Nuyorican Theater and then moved on to a Smokin’ Word studio presentation at The Manhattan Theater Club. Commissioned by the Kerry Campaign, she wrote BUSHWHACKIN’, which made its premiere in September 2004. She is a co-writer and artist in History of the Word and Union Square Project, which opened during Crossroads Theater's 2004-2005 seasons and Genesis Playwrights' Festival, respectively. She was one of eight poet/actors in residence at Kennedy Center in July 2005. Her play HUe was accepted to the National Black Theatre Festival's Readers' Theatre. Her play INHERITANCE (now HEIRLOOMS) was a part of Primary Stages' Playwright's Festival and presented by Red Harlem Readers. THE STORY OF RON & THOTO, a story told from the point of view of chimpanzees, inspired by Allison Argo and Dr. Jane Goodall, was read at Primary Stages' ESPA Studios and considered for a Sloan grant in 2011. She was a part of the 2013 Fire This Time Festival in Kevin R. Free's Crisis of the Negro Intellectual. She has also been a New York Neo-Futurist since 2005. She can also be heard as the voice of "Sarai" in the podcast play, Acirfa by Aja Houston on Play x Play. And was a guest on John Fugelsang’s TELL ME EVERYTHING on SiriusXM Insight. Her latest solo play BIBLE STUDY FOR HEATHENS (nominated for a NYIT award for Best Solo Performance) ran at Judson Memorial Church where she was called “captivating” by New York Theater Review and a “masterful storyteller” by Theater Is Easy. She recently wrapped the first season of EXTRA ROOM, a new comedy web series. She is the creator and host of THIS COULD BE US BUT YOU KEEP VOTING REPUBLICAN podcast. She co-hosted “Self-Care For Creatives” for The Sacred Art Society on CLUBHOUSE. And she is the voice of “Salome” for Gideon Media’s podcast series ALMELEM. Her play A CASE FOR SECESSION, a 21st Century Romeo & Juliet story, received a reading at Stella Adler Studio for Acting in July 2022. She’s been accepted to Juilliard for Acting and Playwriting through the Extension Program for Spring 2023. Her current play, MARIE, GODDAMN MARIE! was a part of the 2024 Estrogenius Festival and is in pre-production for a 2025 premiere.

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