is a playwright, producing artist, educator and activist. Most recently, she most hosted a Twitter Chat with HowlRound Theatre Commons to discuss the progress of the theatrical industry in raising awareness and education to prevent sexual harassment and misconduct in theatre spaces.  She was a panelist in the inaugural #HealMeToo Festival and also performed an original work, The Dues That Must Be Paid.  Yvette is a partner in Twinbiz™, and is the co-recipient of the first National Black Theatre Festival Emerging Producer Award. She has produced events for the theatre community including two with the National Action Network, the leading civil rights organization in the country, #MeToo Theatre Women Share Their Stories and #MeToo: From Testimony to Prevention (at their national conference).  She is the recipient of AUDELCO Recognition Award for Excellence in Black Theatre’s August Wilson Playwright Award and her play won Dramatic Production of the Year.  She received Best Playwright nomination from NAACP’s Annual Theatre Awards. Author of What a Piece of Work is Man! Full-Length Plays for Leading Women, she has also contributed to many theatrical anthologies including two yet unreleased publications, Performing #MeToo: How Not to Look Away and The Children of the People: Writings by and about CUNY Students on Race and Social Justice.  Other writings include various online and print articles and blogs. Memberships: Dramatist Guild, AEA, SDC, AFTRA-SAG, Harlem Arts Alliance, Theatre Resources Unlimited and she serves as the co-vice president of Programming for the League of Professional Theatre Women.  Yvette was an Obama Fellow (2012) and a founding member and longtime volunteer with Organizing for Action.  As a citizen-artist, she has worked on many issues including: gun violence prevention, equal opportunity and pay for women artists, and most recently, the #MeToo movement.  Yvette lives in Harlem, USA.