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“I insist upon my right to be multiple” - Moses Sumney
full-length plays
Cast size and character breakdowns available on NPX.
Twelve Angry Black Women is a Black feminist re-interpretation of Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men wherein which the United States of America is on trial and its fate lies in the hands of an all Black, all femme jury.
Developmental reading, New York Theatre Workshop (dir. Taylor Reynolds), February 2024
Twelve Angry Black Women
Fragile State
For Manny, being a first-gen, gen-z, radical Black organizer in a world where every day brings “unprecedented times” was already causing enough of an identity crisis. So when Manny’s Grandma arrives, making her first visit from Cameroon in over 15 years, the shocking family secrets and unspoken histories she brings along with her completely flip Manny’s life upside down. Fragile State is an afro-surrealist coming-of-age story where generations collide and diasporas dance, as Manny reckons with where she comes from to make peace with who she is.
Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference Semifinalist, 2024
Rattlestick Van Lier Fellowship Finalist, 2023
Reading, INK' D Festival at Ars Nova (dir. Chika Ike), April 2023
R.I.P. follows the healing journey of an estranged mother and son when a police-involved death forces them back together after 12 years estranged. Now thrust in front of the public eye to perform as the perfect poster family, Jamal and Layla must navigate a convoluted legal system and parasitic media all while struggling to reconcile their newfound relationship.
Education production, Provincetown Playhouse, NYU Educational Theatre (dir. Tammie Swopes), 2023
Ashland New Plays Festival, Semifinalist, 2021
Playwrights Realm Writing Fellowship Semifinalist, 2021
R(estoration) I(n) P(rogress)
solo shows, shorts, & performances
Medicine Woman
part solo show / part family folk lore / part doctor’s appointment / and part one women’s journey of self-healing and search for ancestral wisdom amidst a sterile western health industry - written and performed by Andrea Ambam.
Off-Broadway, Excerpt Performance at Signature Theatre’s “SigSpace”, February 2024
Rehearsing Justice
A time-traveling Ida B. Wells embarks on a 21st century anti-lynching crusade. Science fiction meets verbatim testimony when history and afro-futurism colllide in this theatrical truthtelling experience written and performed by Andrea Ambam.
Staged Presentation, Brooklyn Arts Exchange (dir. Dria Brown), May 2022
Digital Production,(Broadway Advocacy Coalition (dir. Dria Brown), May 2021
Date of Release
Jade’s brother is being released from prison after 30 years of incarceration. On the morning of his release date, Jade visits a yoga studio and uncovers that she has some releasing to do too. A 10-minute play exploring the reverberating harm of mass incarceration and the need for holistic wellness in Black communities - inspired by conversations with the Releasing Aging People from Prison Campaign.
Signature Theatre’s “SigSpace” March 2024, commissioned by Broadway Advocacy Coalition, Performed by Mikayla Bartholomew and Tiffany Mann
Arts in Action Festival 2023, Commissioned by Broadway Advocacy Coalition, Performed by Andrea Ambam and Tony Winner Kara Young.
I Woke / I Wake / Awake
A 10-minute play birthed by the prompt to investigate Black linguistic appropriation - an insomniac “too woke” to fall asleep, visits a sleep therapist with the hopes of finally getting some rest.
Commissioned by Harlem9, 12th Annual 48 Hours In... Harlem, 2023 (dir. Tyrone Davis)
Angelina Weld Grimke
Angelina Weld Grimke, poet and playwright turned recluse, its in her messy apartment reflecting on her role in the Harlem renaissance.
Audio Production, Classical Theatre of Harlem (dir. Ty Jones), 2021
Published in Playbill & on Broadway Podcast Network
If Black Girls Could Sleep
A theatrical memorial for Breonna Taylor.
dramaturgy
Sunset Baby by Dominique Morisseau
Dramaturgical Content Curator, Dir. Steve H. Broadnax III, Prod. Signature Theatre NYC, 2024
What We Lost in The Fire by Jerrie Johnson
Dramaturg / Creative Doula, Dir. Adrianna Mitchell, Reading supported by National Black Theatre 2023
My Broken Language: A Theatre Jawn by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Dramaturgical Content Curator, Dir. Quiara Alegría Hudes, Prod. Signature Theatre NYC (world premiere), 2023
Bad Kreyol by Dominique Morisseau
Dramaturgical Content Curator, Dir. Tiffany Nichole Greene, Prod. Signature Theatre NYC (world premiere), 2024
Untitled Latosha Brown Project
Dramaturg/Co-writer, Dir. Schele Williams, Prod. Bruce Cohen, Forthcoming