Farah Lawal Harris is
a well-dressed poet,
artistic leader,
and breast cancer survivor
who overcomes obstacles with grace.

By writing and public speaking,
she inspires others to do the same.

Farah is the Artistic Director of Young Playwrights’ Theater, a nonprofit organization in Washington, DC that inspires young people to realize the power of their own voices. She is also a Kilroys' List playwright whose work has been performed at Arena Stage, The Kennedy Center's Theatre for Young Audiences, The University of Texas at Austin, Round House Theatre, Rep Stage, Theater Alliance, Convergence Theatre, the DC Black Theatre Festival, the Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference, the Capital Fringe Festival, and multiple universities along the East Coast.

She is a member of Theatre Washington's Advisory Board and Helen Hayes Award Adjudication Committee; she also co-chaired the 2020 and 2022 DC Theatre Summits. She is a proud co-founder of the Washington, DC-based theatre companies, The Saartijie Project, and Wild Women Theatre, and a three-time individual artist grant recipient from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

Farah gives infinite thanks to God, her family, her friends, and the following teachers, mentors, and artists who have shaped her into the woman she is today: Mr. & Mrs. Habeeb and Beatrice Lawal, Mrs. Vickie Adamson, Andrea Richards Scott, Scot Reese, the late and great Dr. Walter Dallas, Leslie Felbain, Ntozake Shange, Rhodessa Jones, Jessica Solomon, Thembi Duncan, Erika Totten, and The Queen Po.