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Jocelyn Bioh

JOCELYN BIOH

  
Nationality:    African American
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Literary Agent:    United Talent Agency  represented by Rachel Viola

Jocelyn Bioh was born and raised in New York City. She has her B.A. in English and Theatre from The Ohio State University and MFA in Theatre-Playwriting from Columbia University. As a playwright, Jocelyn has been produced in New York City, Columbus, OH, Baton Rouge, LA and Los Angeles, CA. Plays include: African Americans (Southern Rep Ruby Prize Award Finalist; O'Neill Center Semi-Finalist,) FOUR (Fire This Time Festival, NYC,) Nollywood Dreams (National Black Theater Reading Festival, NYC). Her musical The Ladykiller's Love Story, of which she wrote the book and music/lyrics by Cee Lo Green and various artists is currently in development with Hi-Arts NYC for a future production slated for Spring of 2015. As an actress, Jocelyn's credits include: The Octoroon (Soho Rep,) Booty Candy (Wilma Theater,) SEED (Classical Theater of Harlem, Audelco Award Nominee) Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet (City Theatre,) and orignating the role of "Topsy" in the World Premiere of NEIGHBORS (The Public Theater.)

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below is a list of Jocelyn Bioh's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         African Americans         Four         Ladykiller's Love Story, The         Nollywood Dreams

African Americans

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Southern Rep Ruby Prize Award Finalist; O'Neill Center Semi-Finalist

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Four

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Friday night at the Mansion Night Club

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Fire This Time Festival, New York    2012

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in "he Fire This Time Festival Season Three". http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-fire-this-time-festival-season-three   -

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Ten minute play

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Ladykiller's Love Story, The

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currently in development with Hi-Arts NYC for a future production slated for Spring of 2015

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book by Jocelyn Bioh and music/lyrics by Cee Lo Green and various artists

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musical

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Nollywood Dreams

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It's the nineties and in Lagos, Nigeria, the "Nollywood" film industry is exploding. Looking to make the first Nollywood film with Western crossover appeal, Gbenga Ezie, Nigeria's hottest director, has decided to host an open casting call for the female lead of his new romantic drama/thriller "The Comfort Zone." Casting for the film draws on more emotions than expected in this imagining of what the growing Nollywood film scene was like as it rose to become the phenomenon it is today.

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Nominated for The Kilroys 2015. The Kilroys is a group of playwrights and producers in LA who publish an annual industry survey of excellent new plays by female and trans playwrights. It is a tool for producers committed to ending the systemic underrepresentation of female and trans playwrights in the American theater.

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National Black Theater Reading Festival, NYC    2013

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comedy, African, show business

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