Artist

A playwright, storyteller, and most recently a 2020 Steinberg PlaywrightAward winner. Her newest play her play Last of the Love Letters just premiered at the Atlantic Theater fall 2021. Previous productions include Good Grief (Vineyard Theatre in NYC/Center Theatre Group in LA) and The Homecoming Queen (sold-out world premiere run at the Atlantic Theatre). Good Grief was on the Kilroys List 2016 and a semi finalist for the Princess Grace Award, and won theHumanitas Award. The Homecoming  Queen was on the Kilroys List 2017 and was a Leah Ryan Finalist. Her play Nike... (Kilroys List 2017) was workshopped at The New Black Fest in conjunction with The Larkand The Strand Festival in conjunction with A.C.T and Space on Ryder Farm. Ngozi also has commissionswith NYU, The Old Globe, Two Rivers Theatre, The Atlantic Theatre, and Steppenwolf. Anyanwu has also received residencies from LCT3, Space on Ryder Farm, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, The New Harmony Project, New York Stage and Filmand Page 73. She attended Point Park University (BA) and received her MFA in Acting from University of California, San Diego.