Queen Esther

(she/her) Raised in Atlanta GA and embedded in Charleston SC’s Lowcountry, Queen Esther uses her Southern roots as a touchstone to explore cultural mores in America. A graduate of The New School, she developed solo performance with PS 122, Dixon Place, Samuel Beckett Theater, The Royal Theater Company and the Public Theater, and held performance residences with George St. Theater, PS NBC at HERE and The Apollo Theater as well as an artist residency at Gettysburg National Military Park. Playlabs include Liberation Theater Company, Classical Theater of Harlem, New Perspectives Theater Company and American Theater Group. A 2018 TED Resident with a TED Talk about the roots of country and bluegrass, a 2022 Artist Fellow with the National Arts Club and a recipient of the 2022 NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theater, she is a proud member of The Recording Academy, Actor’s Equity, SAG/AFTRA and the Dramatists Guild.