Jasmine Games

Jasmine Games (she/her) is a Black, queer poet, theatre maker, and educator born in Dallas and raised in Houston, now based in Austin, TX. She holds a BA in English and Performance Studies from Texas A&M University and an MFA in Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities from The University of Texas at Austin.

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An award-winning artist, Jasmine received the 2021 Sexton Prize for Poetry and the Winifred Ward Scholarship for excellence in theatre education. She is also a finalist of the 2025 Blackberry Peach National Poetry Slam and the 2025 Right2Write Poetry Slam Festival.

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Jasmine is the Artistic Director of The Poet House, home to every.Word Poetry and Courageous Cadence. At The Poet House and in her role as Director of Education & Social Justice at The VORTEX, she produces and directs theatre, facilitates trainings and workshops on race, gender, and disability, and leads workshops in poetry, playwriting, devised theatre, and applied theatre.

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Her artistry extends to the stage and community: she has been featured at the Texas State Capitol, the African American Book Festival, and Free2Be Fest’s DA’VINE Garden; hosted open mics and celebrations with every.Word Poetry; moderated talkbacks at The VORTEX; and appeared as a panelist at Torch Literary Arts and Mama’s Kitchen Press.

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Her debut poetry collection, Somebody’s Daughter, is available online. Through every poem, workshop, and performance, Jasmine is building stages, breaking tables, and forging freedom.