XANDRA NUR CLARK (they/them or she/her) is a playwright, actor, and journalist. Their plays have been supported/developed by The Civilians, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, La MaMa, Weeksville Heritage Center, The LGBT Center, Dixon Place, The Tank, MASS MoCA, The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Blue Mountain Center, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn Community Foundation, and multiple NPR-affiliate radio stations. They are the Winner of the 2021 Chesley/Bumbalo Playwriting Award, a 2022-23 Member of The Civilians R&D Group, a 2018-19 Queer|Art Fellow, and Winner of the 2013 Oliver P. Smith Award for Local Reporting from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation. They’re a two-time Semi-Finalist for the O’Neill Conference, and a Semi-Finalist for the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator. Select performance credits at Lincoln Center, BAM, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Lark/Noor Theatre, The Flea, Creative Time, and The High Line. In past lives, they worked for StoryCorps, The Atlantic, and the BBC. Xandra is under commission from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation / Ensemble Studio Theatre and teaches Playwriting at the University of Rochester. BA Theater, MA Journalism: Stanford University.