Eric Micha Holmes

Eric Micha Holmes is a playwright based out of Brooklyn, NY whose work has been seen and developed at MCC Theater (“Pornplay, Or Blessèd Are The Meek,”) Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (“World Without Names,”) New York Theatre Workshop (“Nimpsey Pink,”) The Lark Play Development Center (“Wolf/Paper/Sky,”) SPACE at Ryder Farm (“The Stick Up,”) and The Actors Studio Playwright/Director Unit (“Jackets In May.”) His mono-play, “Walking Next To Michael Brown: Confessions Of A Light-Skinned Half-Breed,” was commissioned by The New Black Fest and has toured with Barrymore Independence Foundation Award Nominee “Hands Up: 7 Playwrights / 7 Testaments.” Productions include Flashpoint Theatre, The National Black Theatre, The Brooklyn Museum Of Art, The Hansberry Project, and The New Venture Theatre in Baton Rouge. A radio adaptation of 'Walking Next to Michael Brown' was presented on Afternoon Drama on BBC Radio 4. Holmes holds an MFA in playwriting from The Iowa Playwrights Workshop.