Mfoniso Udofia News

Boston Arts Academy and Wheelock Family Theater with support from The Huntington will present the fifth installment of the Ufot Family Cycle, Kufre n' Quay.

ArtsEmerson has announced its 2025/26 Season, featuring nine live stage events in its 15th anniversary year. Learn more about the full upcoming lineup here!

Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre will present the New York premiere of The Wash May 30 to June 29 at WP Theatre. 'The Wash' by Kelundra Smith offers an intimate and often funny portrait at the ordinary women who initiated and led the strike.

The Huntington has unveiled its 2025/26 season, featuring fresh works, a bitingly funny comedy, and a love-affirming contemporary musical. See full programming here!

In “Sojourners,” the first play in the nine-part Ufot Family Cycle by first-generation Nigerian American playwright Mfoniso Udofia – presented last fall by the Huntington – Boston audiences met Abasiama, a hardworking Nigerian living in Houston, Texas, in 1978 and working toward a degree in biology.

The Boston Theater Critics Association announced nominations for the 42nd Annual Elliot Norton Awards, honoring outstanding theater in Greater Boston. Kathy St. George will receive the Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence.

The Huntington has announced the cast and creative team of The Triumph of Love, the classic romantic comedy written by Pierre Carlet de Marivaux, translated by Stephen Wadsworth, and directed by Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco (Prayer for the French Republic at The Huntington).

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust has revealed the names of the two outstanding early-to-mid-career playwrights who will be celebrated with 2024 Steinberg Playwright Awards in the amount of $100,000 each. Learn more!

The Huntington will continue the sweeping nine-play Ufot Family Cycle and revealed the cast and creative team of The Grove, the stirring and timely play written by Mfoniso Udofia and directed by Awoye Timpo. Learn more!

PRIMARY STAGES has revealed the 2024/2025 cohorts of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group and the Echoes Writers Group. Learn more about the groups and about the plays the have been produced.

Hartford Stage has revealed the artistic team for its upcoming production of August Wilson's Two Trains Running directed by Gilbert McCauley. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Blackboard Plays and the Parent Artist Advocacy League will partner to uplift the stories of Black families for the 3rd Annual Black Motherhood and Parenting New Play Festival.

What did our critic think of SOJOURNERS at The Huntington?

The Huntington will kick off the nine-play Ufot Family Cycle and has announced the cast and creative team of Sojourners, the moving and heartfelt play written by Mfoniso Udofia and directed by Dawn M. Simmons.

The Huntington has revealed the cast and creative team of Nassim, a vibrant theatrical experience written by Nassim Soleimanpour, directed by Omar Elerian. From Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour comes an audacious, 75-minute, new theatrical experiment. Learn how to purchase tickets.

MacDowell  has awarded 147 Fellowships to artists working in multiple disciplines from 27 states and 11 countries for the fall and winter season. Learn more about the recipients here!

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater will present the World Premiere of LIBERTY TALKS: A Colossal Satire by Provincetown playwright Fermin Rojas, directed by Janice L. Goldberg.

Round House Theatre kicks off its 2024-2025 Season with an acclaimed Nigerian-American drama, Sojourners, written by Mfoniso Udofia and the first play in her nine-part Ufot Cycle.

Ojai Playwrights Conference has announced the full roster of artists for its 27th Annual New Works Festival to be held August 1 - 4 in Ojai, CA.

The Huntington has announced its 2024-2025 season featuring the classic romantic comedy THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE and the International Fringe hit NASSIM.