Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi is a playwright, actress, author, and choreographer from Baltimore, Maryland.
Edidi is the first trans woman of color to be nominated for a Helen Hayes Award (2016). She was nominated in the categories of choreography, playwrighting, and acting.
In recognition of her activism within the Washington, DC Trans Community, Dane Figueroa Edidi received a 2015 Emerging Leader Award and was the GLBT History Project’s 2018 recipient of the Mujeres en el Movimiento Arts Award. She is a 2021 recipient of the Helen Merrill Award for playwriting.
Work
- For Trans Black Girls …
- Klytmnestra: An Epic Slam Poem
References
- Loria, Keith (Sep 19, 2023). "Virtual festival celebrating Black trans women playwrights returns to New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre". New Haven Register.
- ^ Folliard, Patrick (2020-06-27). "Local playwright Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi shares new short play". www.washingtonblade.com. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- Musbach, Julie. "FOR BLACK TRANS GIRLS… to Receive Reading at Joe's Pub". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- "Dane Figueroa Edidi". Princess Grace Foundation-USA. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- "Helen Merrill Awards Announce 6 Winners". AMERICAN THEATRE. 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2024-03-19.