Psalmayene 24 is an award-winning playwright, director, and actor. He is currently the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence at Mosaic Theater Company. Playwriting credits include Young John Lewis: Prodigy of Protest (book & lyrics), Monumental Travesties, Dear Mapel, and Les Deux Noirs at Mosaic Theater Company; Young John Lewis (book & lyrics) at Theatrical Outfit; Out of the Vineyard at Joe’s Movement Emporium; and Cinderella: The Remix at Imagination Stage. Directing credits include Tempestuous Elements at Arena Stage; Metamorphoses (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Direction of a Play) at Folger Theatre; Purlie Victorious, The Colored Museum, Good Bones, Flow, and Pass Over at Studio Theatre; Native Son at Mosaic Theater Company; and Word Becomes Flesh (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Direction of a Play) at Theater Alliance.

Psalm, as his colleagues call him, is a recipient of Theatre Washington’s Victor Shargai Leadership Award. On Instagram: @psalmayene24.