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Yvette Heyliger
Yvette Heyliger, author of Autobiography of a Homegirl, is the recipient of the AUDELCO Recognition Award for Excellence in Black Theatre’s August Wilson Playwright Award and a Bes...view moreYvette Heyliger, author of Autobiography of a Homegirl, is the recipient of the AUDELCO Recognition Award for Excellence in Black Theatre’s August Wilson Playwright Award and a Best Playwright nomination from the NAACP’s Annual Theatre Awards. A producing artist and partner in Twinbiz™, she is the co-recipient of the first National Black Theatre Festival Emerging Producer Award. She holds an M.F.A. from Queens College, M.A. and B.A. degrees from New York University, and is currently working on an M. A. in Educational Theatre as part of the Lincoln Center Scholars/Hunter College Alternative Certification Preparation Program for Creative Arts Education. Heyliger is a founding member of Organizing for Action and lives in Harlem, USA, with her husband, Donald.view less