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Nay Harris

Based in NYC

They / Them • Member Since 2019

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My Story

Nay Harris (they/them) is an NTI & Advanced Playwriting alum of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, they're a multi-hyphenate writer/artist with an affinity for gallows humor, alleviating stigmas around mental illness/self-harm within Black communities, increasing Black Queer/Nonbinary representation and joy, as well as advocating for the safety of Sex Workers and sex work decriminalization. Nay’s a Miranda Family Fellowship & NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program alum, & a finalist for the National Black Theater’s I Am Soul Playwriting Residency (2022). They’ve completed Black Revolutionary Theatre Workshop’s Revolution Now! 2022 development workshop, and INKubator Playwright's Group. They’re a finalist for the 2025 Waterworks Festival. Nay’s developed work through The O’Neill Center, Black Revolutionary Theatre Workshop, The Brick Theater, Prospect Theater, Arthouse Productions, & The Tank. They're currently in Musical Theatre Factory’s third Maker's Cohort, The Vino Theater's inaugural REBEL REBEL playwriting residency, and American Theater Group’s BIPOC Playlab. Nay’s a member of Ring of Keys, MUSE, and Maestra. For leisure, they enjoy horror films/musicals, Eggo buttermilk waffles, body modifications, & star-gazing.

Sexual Orientation
iSexual orientation describes a person's enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to another person.

Queer

Gender Identity
iOne’s internal, deeply held sense of gender. Some people identify completely with the gender they were assigned at birth (usually male or female), while others may identify with only a part of that gender, or not at all. Some people identify with another gender entirely. Unlike gender expression, gender identity is not visible to others.

NonBinary, Part-time Femme

Race/Ethnicity
iRacial identity is the qualitative meaning one ascribes to one’s racial group, whereas ethnic identity is a concept that refers to one’s sense of self as a member of an ethnic group. At their core, both constructs reflect an individual’s sense of self as a member of a group; however, racial identity integrates the impact of race and related factors, while ethnic identity is focused on ethnic and cultural factors. We celebrate our Keys’ intersectionality and understand that creating one’s racial/ethnic identity is a fluid and nonlinear process that varies for every person. Many folks will identify with more than one background while others will identify with a single group more broadly.

Black as Fuck

Discipline

Playwright, Librettist, Poet, Lyricist

Unions & Affiliations

Non-union

Website

https://nayharris88.wixsite.com/website

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