Jackie Alexander

JACKIE ALEXANDER is the Producing Artistic Director of the North Carolina Black Repertory Company and Executive Producer of the National Black Theatre Festival, with eighteen world premieres produced to date. He is the author of Our Daily Bread, his debut novel.

Alexander’s debut film, Joy, received the 2002 Best Feature Film Award from the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, and in 2018 the Black Theatre Network honored him with the Presidential Pathfinder Award.

When not writing, Alexander works as an actor, writer, producer, and director. The Billie Holiday Theatre in New York devoted its entire 2010–2011 season to his work, commissioning him to write three new plays, an honor unique in that theatre’s history.

Jackie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Jackie Alexander’s books are published by Turner Publishing.

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