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Jaylene's debut book of poetry, AfroPoetic, is available NOW! You can purchase signed copies, and other merchandise, by visiting the Shop page. Listen or watch Jaylene on her #PoppaPank podcast. Stream her EP, "A Black Girl and Her Hair," on all major platforms. Jaylene will be the feature at The Rose Garden Open Mic in Brooklyn on April 14th. She will host an Open Mic at The Wilma Theater on April 24th. Visit the Upcoming page for more information and to find out where you can catch Jaylene next!

Actress

Jaylene Clark Owens is an AUDELCO and Barrymore Award winning actress. She is a member of The Wilma Theater's resident acting company, HotHouse. She has been seen in Fairview (The Wilma Theater), WHITE (Theatre Horizon), Passage (The Wilma Theater).

Jaylene is also a highly acclaimed spoken word poet. She is the Executive Director of Harlem KW Project, LLC, which is the company she started with three other women to write the play, Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale. Visit the Poetry page to learn more about her spoken word poetry.

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Spoken Word Poet, Playwright, & More

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