Ngozi Anyanwu | |
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Born | Ngozi Jane Anyanwu Nigeria |
Alma mater |
Point Park University (
BA) University of California, San Diego ( MFA) |
Occupation(s) | playwright and actress. |
Ngozi Jane Anyanwu is a playwright and actress. [1]
Anyanwu was born in Nigeria. [1] She earned her BA from Point Park University and her MFA from the graduate acting program at University of California, San Diego. [2]
She is an alumnus of an Old Vic New Voices program, [3] and has had residencies at Djerassi Artists Residency, Lincoln Center Theater (LCT), and SPACE on Ryder Farm. [4]
She resides in New York. [1]
Anyanwu's play Good Grief won Center Theatre Group's Humanitas Award after its world premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in 2016. It was included on The Kilroys' List in 2016. [4]
Her play The Homecoming Queen premiered at the Atlantic Theater Company January 22, 2018. [1] [5] It tells the story of a "prodigal daughter" born in Nigeria who returns after living in the USA. [1] The play ran at the Atlantic Theater Company through February 18, 2018. [2] [5] Her play The Last of the Love Letters, which focuses on two people examining the end of a relationship, premiered at the Atlantic Theater Company on August 26, 2021. [6]
Anyanwu is a recipient of New York Stage and Film's Founders Award. She is commissioned by Old Globe Theatre and the Atlantic Theater Company. [2]
Themes in Anyanwu's work include family, identities, and the concept of home. [1] [5]
Anyanwu is credited as an actress in the following television series: [4]