Ngozi Anyanwu

Personal Information
Education: University of California San Diego's (MFA acting) Point Park University (B.A)

Acting :The Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Barrington Stage, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and The Mark Taper Forum.

TV credits: Limitless, Deadbeat, The Affair Law and Order SVU and Mysteries of Laura and the upcoming HBO show The Deuce.

Producer: National Black Theatre Producing Fellow. Associate Artistic Producer of Now Africa's Playwrights Festival. She is also on the Literary committee of the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre.

Director: She Gon Learn, by Lisa Strum for the Emerging Arts Festival, United Solo Festival, National Black Theater.

Playwrighting:Good Grief, Nike and The Homecoming Queen. Good Grief was presented as part of the Rising Circle Collective’s 6th annual Ink Tank. Most recently Good Grief won the Inaugural CTG/Humanitas Award. And had a world premiere at the CTG/Kirk Douglas Theatre in the 2016/17 season as well as being listed in the 2016 annual Kilroy's List and was a semi finalist for the Princess a Grace. NIKE was recently presented as part of the National Black Theatre’s Keep Soul Alive Monday Reading Series and The NewBlack Fest in conjunction with The Lark Playwrighting Development Center. An excerpt of The Homecoming Queen was developed as part of The Fire This Time's Inaugural's Writers group, Page 73’s summer residency and The New Harmony Project. The Homecoming Queen will have a world premiere at The Atlantic Theatre in the 17/18 season and is a Leah Ryan Finalist.

Anyanwu is also a recipient of the Djerassi Artist Residency, as well as Space on Ryder Farm and the LCT Playwrights Residency and The Founders Award with New York Stage and Film. (Biography dated 08/21/2018 )
 
Credits

Actor
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 The Refuge Plays Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 10/11/2023 Joy
2 The Last of the Love Letters Linda Gross Theater 09/13/2021 N/A
3 Good Grief Vineyard Theatre 10/30/2018 Nkechi

Author
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 The Last of the Love Letters Linda Gross Theater 09/13/2021 Playwright
2 Seven Deadly Sins1 94 Gansevoort St 06/22/2021 Playwright
3 Good Grief Vineyard Theatre 10/30/2018 Playwright

1Playwright for Gluttony.