About Denise Plays Hard 

Denise Washington was born and raised in Roxbury, Massachusetts. She was a METCO student who graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School.  She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Television Production/Creative Writing from Emerson College and her Master of Science degree in Early Education from Wheelock College.

For quite some time she lived in North Hollywood and worked as the assistant to the producer for the WB sitcom “The Wayan Brothers Show” and as the production coordinator and then worked her way up to a team writer for the HBO sitcom “Aril I$$”.  She is an Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts alumni and a voice student of the late John Andrew Ross. Ed Bullins is her playwright mentor.

Currently, she is an educator in the Boston Public School System who nurture souls on a daily basis and also enjoys teaching meditation, yoga & Zumba to the children, their families and staff!