Katori Hall

KATORI HALL is an acclaimed writer and director of stage and screen. Her most recent play, The Hot Wing King, won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Katori also wrote the book for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Book; West End, Olivier Award nominations). Her other notable works include The Mountaintop (2009 London debut, Olivier Award for Best New Play), Hurt Village, Our Lady of Kibeho, Children of Killers, Saturday Night/Sunday Morningand Hoodoo Love. Katori is currently the Showrunner and Executive Producer of “P-Valley,” the TV series adapted from her stage play Pussy Valley. The series has won four NAACP Image Awards, including the 2023 prize for Outstanding Drama, and multiple Emmy, Gotham, Independent Spirit, and GLAAD Media honor nominations. Recipient of the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, the Lark Play Development Center’s Playwrights of New York (PONY) Fellowship, two Lecompte du Nouy Prizes from Lincoln Center, the Fellowship of Southern Writers Bryan Family Award in Drama, the NYFA Fellowship, the Columbia University 2010 John Jay Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement, the NBT’s August Wilson Playwriting Award, and the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award. Alumna of Sundance’s Episodic and Screenwriting Labs, Ryan Murphy’s Half Foundation Directing Program, and 2023 Columbia’s University Medal of Excellence.