Stage of Grace began in 2023 by awarding grants to playwrights of color whose work reckons with faith.
Past recipients include Rodney Gardiner, whose Smote This, A Comedy About God and Other Serious $H*T premiered in 2023 and went on to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2024, returning for the 2026 season, and Italome Ohikhuare's award-winning Mermaid, which premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2024.
Stage of Grace Press is an independent literary publisher based in Los Angeles.
We publish the books mainstream publishers won't.
Stories that don't fit in one box, from authors who don't either.
"This is the book I wish I had in my 40s but couldn't find." — Natasha Lewin, author of SUBMIT
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