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Nia Akilah Robinson is a playwright and actor who reps Harlem with all her might. She has an Audio play titled Ebony & Nakeshia, being produced by Ensemble Studio Theater, and directed by Colette Robert (Dir. Credit: Stew- Pulitzer Finalist) coming to Spotify & Apple Music in 2022. Nia is a member of Youngblood, Ensemble Studio Theatre’s OBIE Award-winning playwright collective. She has been awarded the 2022 MacDowell Fellowship. She is a 2021 Finalist for the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference with “WP” Means “White People” & completed a developmental workshop of “WP” with Waterwell. Commissions: 2020 Charles Rowan Beye New Play Commission under Urbanite Theatre Company & 2020 PEN America.