About Isaiah

Isaiah Reaves is an emerging young playwright whose work explores a spectrum of Black and Queer experiences. A native of Cincinnati, he graduated cum laude from Northern Kentucky University in 2020.

His plays have been commissioned and staged by Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and many others. Isaiah is a 2nd place winner for the Hip Hop Creator Award at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. He is also a semi-finalist for the Ucross and The Blank Theatre Future of Playwriting Prize, a 2020 finalist of the Jackie Demaline Regional Collegiate Playwriting Competition, an Iowa Arts Fellow, and a recipient of a Cincinnati CityBeat Critic’s Pick.

He is currently in pursuit of an MFA at the University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop.

Press

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2022/02/25/i-shall-not-be-moved-isaiah-reaves-play-grandmother-freedom-rider-betty-daniels-rosemond/6605592001/

https://www.citybeat.com/arts/ensemble-theatre-cincinnati-to-debut-thought-provoking-one-acts-on-the-black-experience-12930366

UI production ‘Gwenevere’ tackles questions of race, masculinity, and family

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2021/04/16/emerging-playwright-tells-story-of-the-freedom-rid.html

Cincinnati Shakespeare reimagining ‘Night of the Living Dead’

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2021/02/24/etc-to-premiere-grandsons-plsy-about-civil-rights.html

https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Ucross-and-The-Blank-Theatre-Announce-Semi-Finalists-For-Future-of-Playwriting-Prize-20210217

“Black Boy In Pink” deals with sexuality, race

https://medium.com/2020-vision-by-kirk-sheppard/2020-vision-isaiah-reaves-f10b74ece810

https://thecincinnatiherald.com/2019/11/isaiah-reaves-reads-his-play-at-lincoln-center-plaza-in-nyc/

https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/ensemble-theatre-cincinnati-streams-plays-online-new-commission-isaiah-reaves/

Ensemble Theatre announces collegiate playwright finalists

About Isaiah

Isaiah Reaves is an emerging young playwright whose work explores a spectrum of Black and Queer experiences. A native of Cincinnati, he graduated cum laude from Northern Kentucky University in 2020.

His plays have been commissioned and staged by Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and many others. Isaiah is a 2nd place winner for the Hip Hop Creator Award at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. He is also a semi-finalist for the Ucross and The Blank Theatre Future of Playwriting Prize, a 2020 finalist of the Jackie Demaline Regional Collegiate Playwriting Competition, an Iowa Arts Fellow, and a recipient of a Cincinnati CityBeat Critic’s Pick.

He is currently in pursuit of an MFA at the University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop.

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New York Debut

Hello! On October 28th, I will be making my New York debut! The Classical Theatre of Harlem will be reading select scenes from “The Black Boy in Pink” at Lincoln Center as part of their Playwright’s Playground series. I am thrilled and honored beyond belief to stand alongside other playwrights and to embark on this …

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Black Boy in Pink

THANK YOU for a sold-out, critically acclaimed run of “The Black Boy in Pink.” This wouldn’t have been possible without your continued love and support. I am so overwhelmed with gratitude to our cast, creative team, and you: the audience filling the seats. We close on Sunday and will be ending on the highest of …

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