Abigail C. Onwunali

Abigail Onwunali most recently appeared in Jaja’s African Hair Braiding at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Her credits include Broadway’s Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, King Lear (La MaMa), Bloodwork (National Black Theatre), The Half-God of Rainfall (New York Theatre Workshop), The Grove, and Sojourners (Huntington). A Princess Grace Award winner and playwright, her work has been workshopped by New York Theatre Workshop, Red Bull Theater, Fault Line Theatre, The New Harmony Project, Liberation Theatre Company, and Ensemble Studio Theatre. A graduate of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, Abigail calls Houston, Texas, and Nigeria home. She is grateful to God and all who support her.