Dennis A. Allen II is from Hempstead, New York. His play The Mud is Thicker in Mississippi won the 35th annual Off Off Broadway Samuel French festival in 2010 He is a recipient of Atlantic Theater Company’s inaugural 2014-15 Launch Commission; National Black Theatre’s, 2016-17 I Am Soul Playwright Residency and Clubbed Thumb’s 2016-17 Early Career Writer’s Group. He has developed and produced plays with, The Lark Play Development Center, the Classical Theatre of Harlem, The Fire This Time Festival, The Naked Expedition Project, 48 Hours in Harlem and The New Black Fest. Dennis is an Associate Producer. Dennis received his MFA from Brooklyn College Playwriting program.
With Poetic Theater Productions:
Writer for Love, Redefined: Resilience
Director for Love, Redefined: resist
Director in Taproot featured production in Poetic License 2016
Director of Aziza Barnes Romeo & Juliet adaptation in Love, Redefined 2014