Kia Corthron is often called a "political" playwright. Most of her plays focus on African-American issues, yet skirt the realm of all human consciences. Ms. Corthron has a large commissioned body of work including Light Raise the Roof, Slide Glide the Slippery Slope, The Venus de Milo is Armed, Breath Boom, Force Continuum, Splash Hatch on the E Going Down, Seeking the Genesis, Digging Eleven, Life by Asphyxiation, Wake Up Lou Riser, Come Down Burning, and Cage Rhythm. Ms. Corthron has won numerousawards for playwrighting including the AT&T On Stage Award, the Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award, the Mark Taper Forum's Fadiman Award, National Endowment for the Arts/TCG, Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays, the New Professional Theatre Playwriting Award, and the Callaway Award. Kia is a resident of New Dramatists.