Rebecca Nichloson

Rebecca Nichloson (She/Her) is a Black, Queer poet, fiction writer, singer/songwriter, playwright and theatre maker. She is the author of numerous creative works, including Submerged (An Opera), Dear America (Libretto & vocals), Mara, Queen of the World (an acapella musical), The Wild, Bold Enlightenment of Velvet the Mistress, Cooking With Keisha (or Anatomy of Pie), and Jill, Jack & the Martian Lady; a play she created for a children’s educational workshop at the Minnesota Opera. Her fiction and performance pieces include Children of the First Hummingbird and Zar-Baby, among others. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting from Columbia University, an M.A. in English Literature, and studied publishing at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She was also the recipient of a Commission from the Cedar Cultural Center for which she created Multicolored Musings: Jewels of Love, Loss, & Triumph (a three-part collection of songs exploring her African and African American heritage and passion for genre eclectic music) and received a 2020 honorable mention from the McKnight Foundation (Spoken Word). In addition, she is the recipient of the Liberace Award, the Howard Stein Fellowship, The Matthew’s Fellowship, an America-in-Play Fellowship and a Many Voices Fellowship from the Minneapolis Playwrights Center (2008-2009). Rebecca’s work has been presented at Pangea World Theatre, Red Eye Theatre, Pillsbury House Theatre and others. She is the founder/artistic director of Cleveland-Harris Theatre Company (a theatre, performance, and public imagination project based in Minneapolis). Learn more at www.RebeccaNichloson.com.