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Mfoniso Udofia

MFONISO UDOFIA

  
Nationality:    African American
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Literary Agent:    The Gersh Agency, NY  represented by Leah Hamos

Mfoniso is a 1st Generation Nigerian-American storyteller, actress and educator. Mfoniso attended Wellesley College for Political Science and obtained her MFA in Acting from San Francisco's Tony Award winning, American Conservatory Theater. During her stay in the Bay, she co-pioneered a youth initiative, The Nia Project, which provided artistic outlets for youth residing in Bayview/Huntspoint. Mfoniso's play, Sojourners, which was recently seen at the 2014 NNPN conference as part of the National New Play Showcase will be produced off-Broadway by Playwrights Realm. In Fall 2015, Mfoniso will travel to Whidbey Island to attend Hedgebrook's rural retreat for women writers. In Fall 2016 two of Mfoniso's plays, Sojourners and runboyrun, will debut as part of Magic Theatre's 2015-16 season. Mfoniso's plays have been developed and/or presented/produced by Playwrights Realm, The Magic Theatre, The National Black Theater, Sundance Theatre Lab, Space on Ryder Farm, NNPN New Play Showcase, Makehouse, Soul Productions, terraNOVA, Page73 Development Programs, The New Black Fest, Rising Circle's INKTank, At Hand Theatre Company, The Standard Collective, Liberation Theatre Company and JJCEO Youth Programs in Birmingham, Alabama. Mfoniso was a finalist for the 2015 PoNY Prize and she's been a finalist for the Eugene O'Neill NPC, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Many Voices Fellowship, Page 73 Development Programs, Jerome Fellowship, NYTW's 20/50 Fellowship, The Source Festival & Lark Playwrights' Week.

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

         Grove, The         Her Portmanteau         runboyrun         Sojourners         Verses

Grove, The

Synopsis:
Adiagha Ufot, first generation offspring and eldest daughter of a transplanted Nigerian family, is both conduit of her rich culture and fulfiller of the legacy of the American dream. Adiagha struggles to balance as her Nigerian history and her American present collide and combust.

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1st Produced:
Reading, Soul Productions    2009

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Genre:
drama

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Her Portmanteau

Synopsis:
Abasiama Ufot must forge new households and pass down her inheritance. Trapped within a small apartment, Abasiama confronts her daughters and opens long closed vaults, trying to build the bridge across two very different worlds.

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1st Produced:
Dr. Barbara Ann Teer's National Black Theatre    2014

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drama

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runboyrun

Synopsis:
Married couple, Disciple and Abasiama Ufot, have been living the exact same day over and over again for many decades. A sudden burst of frustration breaks their pattern and time suddenly rushes forward while also reeling backwards; forcing Disciple and Abasiama to finally navigate the treacherous waters of illness, memory and love. The survival of this 30+ year marriage depends on building new vocabularies and daring, once again, to live moment by moment.

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Ufot Family Cycle Play: Number 3

1st Produced:
Reading, Rising Circle Collective: Inktank    2013

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Genre:
drama, experimental, period

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Sojourners

Synopsis:
Abasiama came to America with high hopes - for her arranged marriage and her future - intent on earning a degree and returning to Nigeria. But when her husband is seduced by America, she must choose between the Nigerian or American Dream.

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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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Verses

Synopsis:
Adiagha Ufot, the eldest daughter and the first generation offspring of a transplanted Nigerian family simultaneously serves as the only viable conduit of her rich culture and as her family's ticket to the American dream. Fracture occurs when Adiagha declares her love to her long time best friend, Kimberley Wallace.
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1st Produced:
staged reading at theaterlab
137 W. 14th Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10011    14 Nov 2010

Organisations:
SOUL PROductions and Liberation Theatre Company

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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