Donja R. Love, hailing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an American playwright and filmmaker who identifies as Afro-Queer and HIV positive. With his work showcased across various states in the U.S.

Playwright Donja R. Love wanted to write a show about a topic under-represented on stage — and audiences have responded. His play “soft,” about life, death and HIV at a correctional boarding school, ...

Donja R. Love's Sugar in Our Wounds, which will make its world premiere in June at Manhattan Theatre Club, is the recipient of the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award. The grant is given annually to an ...

In Donja R. Love’s new play, an English teacher struggles against the penal system — and with his own guilt — to help students see a future beyond prison. By Juan A. Ramírez Black manhood is ...

Donja R. Love and National Queer Theater has announced the 2022 Write It Out! program, a 10-week virtual playwriting workshop designed to help people living with HIV sharpen their playwriting skills ...

Donja R. Love has announced Andrew Russell as the 2025 recipient of the Write It Out! Prize for playwrights living with HIV and AIDS. Love personally selected Russell’s play MY MARIA after reading the ...