Writing has always been my greatest form of communication and creative asset. In college I utilized written and spoken word poetry as a source of therapy, and later as a news writer and playwright, it has been the vehicle through which I shares the truth – mine and others. While I’ve navigated many paths and discovered various skills; writing reflects my most authentic self. Whether through poetry, plays, or news stories, I write to create things, worlds, and opportunities that are engaging, inclusive, and future-forward. As a storyteller I look to craft, tell and share the uncomfortable, complex and impactful stories, with each providing a unique perspective. I have found the need to create more complex stories about and for Black women tapping into those untold and taboo narratives that exist as well, in order to share them with an even wider audience.

I aspire to write about the magic and beauty in the seemingly mundane, everyday experiences; specifically, with regard to the lives of Black women. I’m passionate about using this vehicle to influence, inspire and impact culture; to move the audience to a space of empathy and hopefully to actually care about the “other”.

When taking on the mantle of writer or griot, (via cultural assignment) the onus, I believe, is to simplify yet push the form; to dream up an intricate cast of protagonists who compel, question, poke fun, and stir things within all of us to do better for ourselves and in turn to do better for humanity.

Seshat Yon’shea Walker is a certified country gurl raised on the Eastern shore. She’s also a writer, multidisciplinary creative, and founder.

Seshat’s plays and productions have been presented by New Perspectives Theatre, Detroit Hip Hop Theatre Festival, Capital Fringe Festival and DC Arts Center. Readings of her work have been presented by AMT Theatre, NYC, Theatre Alliance, DC, Dramatic Question Theatre’s Digital Stage, Pop Conference NYC, Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center Local Theatre Festival, Two Strikes Theatre Collective, DC Public Library and Anacostia Arts Center.

Her current plays, short plays, and works in progress include Shawty’s Blues, CHRCH, A BLACK MUSIC STORY, Familial Comforts( A Black Woman’s Play), KITCHN, Diana’s Got No Juice, and others.

Seshat is a 2025 member of New Perspectives Theatre Women's Work Short Play Lab. She is also a 2025 Workshop Theater Spring Intensive Playwright. She is a two-time AGE Legacy Playwright Grant Finalist, a 2024 June BinghamPlaywright Commission Finalist, and 2024 DC Commission of the Arts Fellowship Recipient. She earned her BA in Journalism from IUP and aMFA in Design Management from SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design). She isa member of Black Film Space and The Dramatists Guild of America.