Harrison David Rivers is an award-winning playwright, librettist and television writer based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Harrison’s works include Straddle (Diversionary), we are continuous (convergence-continuum, Diversionary, Uptown Players, New Conservatory Theatre Center, Geva, Williamstown Theatre Festival), This Bitter Earth (Soho Theatre, Ball State University, Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre, White Bear Theatre, Seattle Public, TheaterWorks Hartford, InterAct, About Face, Penumbra, NCTC), The Salvagers (Yale Rep), the bandaged place (Roundabout), A Christmas Carol (CenterREP, Geva), Where Storms are Born (Williamstown), Weathering (Karamu House, Penumbra), Sweet (Great Plains Theatre Conference, Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre, National Black Theatre), When Last We Flew (Out Front Theatre Company, Real Live Arts, TheatreLAB, Diversionary, NYFringe) and the musicals We Shall Someday with Ted Shen (Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Theater Latté Da, Joe’s Pub, Signature Theatre, The Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol, Transport Group/Public Theatre), Last of the Red Hot Mamas with Sue and Lloyd Ecker (Bucks County Playhouse) and It Comes with the Building with Jacob Yandura and Rebekah Melocik.

His work has been nominated for AUDELCO, Drama Desk, Drama League, Antonyo, Lamda Literary, Berkshire Theatre, and Jeff Awards. He was a Relentless Award winner in 2018 for the bandaged place and a GLAAD Media Award winner for When Last We Flew in 2010.

His television credits include One of Us is Lying (Peacock), The Nevers (HBO) and the upcoming Wytches (Amazon). He has developed projects with HBO and Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions.

Harrison is a recipient of McKnight, Jerome and Van Lier Fellowships; residencies with the Siena Art Institute, Berkeley Rep, Geva, New York Theatre Workshop, Williamstown and Duke University; and is currently under commission from History Theatre, Diversionary, Geva and La Jolla Playhouse.