Alexa Smith is a playwright based in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York. She writes character-driven plays about race, women, power, and the limits of law, often set against a historical backdrop. Her plays are subversive, darkly humorous, and grounded in rigorous historical inquiry. She is particularly interested in how customs are formed, enforced, and resisted, especially within Black communities. She is the author of Birthright and Things Unknown.

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