Raja Feather Kelly is a playwright, choreographer and director and the Artistic Director of the dance-theatre-media company the feath3r theory (TF3T), for which he has created 18 premieres, most recently The Absolute Future (NYU Skirball). Kelly’s most recent works outside of TF3T are The Fires, (Soho Rep) Teeth (Playwrights Horizons), and the Broadway Musical LEMPICKA. He choreographed the Broadway musical A Strange Loop (Lyceum Theatre, premiered off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizon), winner of two Tony Awards, including Best Musical. His Off-Broadway collaborators include Lileana Blain-Cruz, Sarah Benson, and Michael R. Jackson. His work has been seen at Playwrights Horizon, New York Theatre Workshop, The Public Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Soho Rep, and New York Live Arts, among many other venues. He’s worked on two Pulitzer Prize-winning productions, received three Princess Grace Awards, an Obie Award, an Outer Critics Circle honor, and many others. Raja Feather Kelly is a 2024 Princeton Arts Fellow and a 2024 Tow Playwright-in Residence at Soho Rep.
