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 of The New Black Fest and received his MFA from Mac Wellman's Brooklyn College Playwriting program.
