Psalmayene 24 is an award-winning playwright, director, and actor. Psalm—as his colleagues call him—is currently The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence at Mosaic Theater and a member of The Cabinet at Studio Theatre. Writing credits include The Blackest Battle (Theater Alliance), Les Deux Noirs (Mosaic Theater), The Frederick Douglass Project—co-written with Irish playwright Deirdre Kinahan (Solas Nua), P.Nokio: A Hip-Hop Musical (Imagination Stage), and the short film, The Freewheelin’ Insurgents (Arena Stage).

His one man play, Free Jujube Brown!, is recognized as a seminal work in Hip-Hop Theatre and is published in the anthology, Plays from the Boom-Box Galaxy: Theater from the Hip-Hop Generation (TCG).

Directing credits include Flow by Will Power (Studio Theatre), Necessary Sacrifices: A Radio Play by Richard Hellesen (Ford’s Theatre), Pass Over by Antoinette Nwandu (Studio Theatre), Native Son by Nambi E. Kelley (Mosaic Theater), and Word Becomes Flesh—recipient of five Helen Hayes Awards, including Outstanding Direction of a Play—by Marc Bamuthi Joseph (Theater Alliance).

As an actor, Psalm has appeared on HBO’s critically acclaimed series The Wire and has been nominated for a Helen Hayes Award (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical). He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Love 2 Diana