Olivia Hill

Olivia Hill is an award-winning playwright, born and raised in Kansas City. Hill speaks and provides workshops on her mental health journey, experience as a Black creative, and her knowledge and passion toward nature. Hill is a published author and playwright of over five plays produced in states across the country and the recipient of the Lorraine Hansberry Award from the Kennedy Center for her play “Mother Spense”. Hill is also a 2023 Crescendo Award winner, producing her play, Price of Bail, at Arts Asylum Theatre in June 2023.

Hill published her memoir, Travel North Black Girl, a 3,000-mile Journey in Search of Love, Peace, and Home, in 2022 through Woodneath Press. This personal journey is an unlikely journey of finding one’s power, addressing the complexity of race, gender, and generational trauma in the wilds of Alaska.

As a visual artist, Hill specializes in printmaking and has exhibited in many galleries. Hill is a serial entrepreneur, having owned a gourmet food business, Solomon’s Rose, for over ten years. In addition, she has owned a natural body product and nutritional health coaching company.

Olivia Hill holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theater and Visual Arts from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.