Valerie David on Clubhouse

Bio

Actor/Playwright/Singer/Improviser who is hilarious! Valerie David also wrote the autobiographical, comedic drama The Pink Hulk as a cancer survivor to express the empowerment she felt being able to find humor and superhero inner strength going through three bouts of cancer. It is Valerie’s award-winning, internationally acclaimed, inspirational solo show that chronicles her journey to become a 3-time cancer survivor. The Pink Hulk has been accepted into 38 different play festivals worldwide since its 2016 debut, performed in over 23 cities and Europe! It has won several awards including the Audience Choice Award in the Shenandoah Fringe and WOW Award in Sweden’s Gothenburg Fringe. Valerie and The Pink Hulk have been featured on TV, radio, in publications and on podcasts, including NBC 4 New York, CBS, FOX, amNY, Heal magazine, The IndyStar, Breast Friends Cancer Support Radio Network, Mia’s World, First Online with Fran, The Crisis Help Show, Jim Masters Show Live, Tamara Hunter’s Service Hero Show and Reykjavik Fringe Festival podcast. Valerie is a member of the Solo Arts Heal collective and also Broadway Hearts, where she is part of the Broadway community performing weekly virtual singalongs at children’s hospitals nationwide. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts-Manhattan Campus and James Madison University. Valerie is a published writer, including in the MSK Visible Ink Writing Program Anthologies, Cure Today, Broadway World, and her poem, The Coronavirus & Metastatic Cancer Spoken Word Poetry, was published in The Collection by Open Doors NYC. Valerie raises money through The Pink Hulk performances for domestic and international cancer organizations. She is currently developing her new solo show Baggage from BaghDAD about her father and his family fleeing Iraq in 1941 from religious persecution. Valerie will be performing a reading of Baggage from BaghDAD on May 18, 2021, as part of Emerging Artists Theatre’s Spring New Works Series. For more info on Valerie and her show, visit https://pinkhulkplay.com/