York Walker

York Walker is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter from Chicago, Illinois. His Off-Broadway play Covenant premiered at Roundabout Theatre Company to critical acclaim, earning a New York Times Critics Pick. He is the inaugural recipient of both the Vineyard Theatre’s Colman Domingo Award and the John Singleton Screenwriting Award. His work includes Holcomb & Hart (Victory Garden’s New Plays For A New Year Festival); The Séance (Winner of the John Singleton Screenwriting Competition, 48 Hours… in Harlem); Covenant (Colman Domingo Award, Roundabout Underground, South Coast Repertory’s Pacific Playwrights Festival, Fire This Time Festival); Soul Records (workshops with Manhattan Theatre Club, the Vineyard Theatre and Roundabout Theatre Company). York is currently developing new works with Roundabout Theatre Company, South Coast Repertory Theatre, The Geffen Playhouse and Goodman Theatre. His contributions extend to the realm of television, having served as Story Editor and Staff Writer for two seasons on Dick Wolf’s hit series FBI. York is a graduate of the MFA Acting program from the American Conservatory Theatre.