Ngozi Anyanwu

Ngozi Jane Anyanwu is a playwright and actress.

Her most recent new play, The Monsters, premiered at Manhattan Theatre Club Off-Broadway in 2026 starring Aigner Mizzelle and Okieriete Onaodowan. The play follows two siblings involved in martial arts. The show was positively received, with the New York Theatre Guide calling it "an epic and throbbing heart of a play" and The New York Times praising it as a "searing two-hander" and naming it a Critic's Pick.

Anyanwu is a recipient of New York Stage and Film's Founders Award. She is commissioned by Old Globe Theatre and the Atlantic Theater Company. 2016

Los Angeles, Center Theatre Group

Off-Broadway, Vineyard Theatre THE HOMECOMING QUEEN

Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company Nike or we don’t need another hero Reading, The New Black Fest 2021 The last of the love letters or the last of the mad sad geniuses Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company 2022 MY NAME…IS BEATRICE Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company First Gen MIXFEST 2023 the book of Lucy Regional, Trinity Repertory Company 2026 The Monsters Off-Broadway, Manhattan Theatre Club and Two River Theatre Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.2026Lucille Lortel AwardOutstanding PlayThe Monsters Drama League AwardOutstanding Production of a Play Outer Critics Circle AwardOutstanding New Off-Broadway Play Outstanding Direction of a Play