Harold Hodge Jr. is a New York-based director, playwright, and author whose work interrogates race, power, and liberation through emotionally charged storytelling. He is the writer/director of Fancy Maids, an award-winning stage play that premiered at Ken Davenport’s Rave Theater Festival, where it won Outstanding Play and Outstanding Performance. The play was published by Stage Rights in 2021 and is currently being developed into a feature film. Harold is also the creator of Petty in Pink, a viral series that has garnered over 30 million streams across social media. In publishing, he made his literary debut with the YA fantasy novel The War of Mortal Blood (May 2025). Other directing and writing credits include The Boy in the Church (Writer/Director), Thread (Director), and Akelarre (Director).

He is the founder and Artistic Director of The Rose Grew Here, a company devoted to original works by artists of color, women, and LGBTQ+ voices.