Marlow Wyatt – 2026 KSA
Playwright
Marlow Wyatt is a playwright and actor. She received her BFA (magna cum laude) from Howard University’s College of Fine Arts. Marlow was a featured playwright in The Lily’s/Support Black Theatre Lorraine Hansberry Initiative. She is a recipient of the AGE Legacy Grant, LA New Play Project Grant, the Spirited Woman Grant and a proud two-time recipient of Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS Discretionary Grant for her HIV/AIDS curriculum with The Girl Blue Project. Commissions include Antaeus Theatre NEXT Commission and Lower Depth Fellowship Cycle of Poverty Commission. Her first play SHE premiered at Antaeus Theater in 2023 and named Best World Premiere Play and Best Production of a Drama by Stage Scene LA. That same year Listen, A Black Woman Is Speaking was workshopped and received a staged reading at Common Crow Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Her protest play against capitalism, Robbin, from the Hood, premiered in 2024 at The Road Theatre Company in Los Angeles and received a nod for Outstanding Production of a Drama. In 2026 Robbin, from the Hood made its Midwest Regional premiere at Soul Siren Playhouse in St. Louis. In spring of 2025, her short play Sweetie’s Confession was produced at Hepburn Hooks Theatre in London, England and listed as Best of the Best at Fade to Black Theater Festival in Houston, Texas. Marlow’s work continues to make waves as her play Bread and Circus was recently selected for Ammunition Theatre Company’s 2026 Ammo-nonymous plays.