Lauren Marissa Smith is a theater actor turned writer. She creates work amplifying the interior lives of those who are on the margins with provocative, raw, and humorous storytelling. She is a recent alum of The Writer's Colony, a residency fostered by Mara Brock Akil's Story27 Productions and New Wave Writers, a year-long program, led by Marcus Gardley, focused on cultivating new voices of color. She is currently developing her own narrative project with Fair Harbor Productions. Lauren is a proud phi beta kappa graduate of Spelman College.

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