Actor & Playwright

Ngozi
Anyanwu

(she/her)

Ngozi Anyanwu is a multi-hyphenate storyteller coming fresh off her professional directing debut of The Monsters at Two River Theater in conjunction with Manhattan Theatre Club. She’ll also be starring in the West Coast premiere of The Monsters at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in conjunction La Jolla Playhouse. Her previous plays include Leroy and Lucy at Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Jeff Award nomination), The Last of the Love Letters at Atlantic Theater Company, Good Grief (Vineyard Theatre, New York Times Critic’s Pick in NYC / Center Theatre Group in LA), and The Homecoming Queen (sold-out world premiere run and a New York Times Critic’s Pick at Atlantic Theater Company). Good Grief was on The Kilroys List 2016, a semi-finalist for the Princess Grace Award, and won the Humanitas Prize. Her play Nike…(The Kilroys List 2017) was workshopped at The New Black Fest in conjunction with The Lark, The Strand Festival, A.C.T., SPACE on Ryder Farm, and New York Stage and Film. Ngozi also has been commissioned by NYU, The Old Globe, Two River Theater, Atlantic Theater Company, and Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Anyanwu has also received residencies from LCT3, National Black Theatre, SPACE on Ryder Farm, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, The New Harmony Project, New York Stage and Film, and Page 73. She attended Point Park University (B.A.) and received her M.F.A. in Acting from University of California, San Diego.