Artist Profile
Khanisha Foster was a Fox Fellow. Her writing and her life experience being the daughter of a Black Panther father and a mother whose family invented Bubble Wrap, landed her a writing gig developing a TV series with K&L Productions (Kay Cannon & Laverne McKinnon). She and Julie Hébert (The Man in the High Castle) are adapting a Philip K. Dick novel with Electric Shepherd Productions. Foster wrote video games for Probably Monsters (founded by the creators of Halo and Destiny). Her solo show Joy Rebel, directed by Obie Award winner Lou Bellamy, received critical acclaim and was chosen as a DC Metro Staff favorite. Penumbra Theatre, 1st Stage, and 2nd Story commissioned her plays.
Foster was a featured storyteller on NPR’s The Dinner Party. Broadway World named her Best Director for The Bluest Eye. The Star Tribune called her writing “…risible and heartbreaking…”, the Compendium said she her writing is “…lush and descriptive bearing hallmarks of Roxanne Gay, Lindy West, and Tracy K. Smith”, and the D.C. Metro said her work “comes from the rebellious joy of making others laugh so their days are not so dark. So they and anyone can enjoy laughter.” www.khanishafoster.com
