Nako Adodoadji

Nako Adodoadji is a writer, actor and multi-disciplinary artist. She has performed at The Wilma Theater, The Arden Theatre Company, The Prince Music Theater, InterAct Theatre Company, Writing is Live Festival at Brown University and The Philadelphia Fringe Festival. She has also been featured in commercials and industrials, and has worked with such notable artists as Carl Hancock Rux, Ifa Bayeza, Blanka Zizka, and Kym Moore. Her play, A Lonely Light, was presented in the 2015 Women Playwrights International Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, and the 2009 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. She recently presented a workshop performance of her new play As of Now: Nina Simone, and she is currently developing a new play titled, Night Stalker, which will receive a workshop production at Columbia University. Ms. Adodoadji is a University of the Arts Alum with a B.F.A in Acting, and she is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. She is currently in the MFA in Playwriting Program at Columbia University (expected 2018).