Hollis Heath

Hollis Heath is an American playwright, actress, and teaching artist. Hollis was the recipient of the AUDELCO award in 2012 for a play she co-wrote with Jaylene Clark Owens and Janelle Heatley Hinnant, Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale.^[1] She studied at The City College of New York, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in English with concentrations in theater and creative writing. She is currently pursuing a masters in educational theater.^[2]

Heath is a native of Harlem and is an alumna of the drama program at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School.^[3] In 2009, she collaborated with political artist and activist Sophia Dawson to curate her first show, "Wet Paint." In 2013, Hollis curated "Danger to the Darkness" with Mike McManus and Aaron Valentin, an art show to benefit A21, an organization that works to fight human trafficking around the globe.^[4] She has created summer drama workshops for New York City youth,^[5] and received the Harlem YMCA Community Impact Award for “dedication to the enrichment of the Harlem Community.”^[6]

References

1. "Lifelong Harlem residents pen play about gentrification of their neighborhood". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
2. "Staff". Heath Gallery. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
3. "THE TEAM". Harlem KW Project, LLC. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
4. "Staff". Heath Gallery. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
5. "THE TEAM". Harlem KW Project, LLC. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
6. "Performance Companies | Telling Our Stories of Home". tellingourstories.web.unc.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-07.