Angela J. Davis
she, her, hers
Los Angeles, CA
Biography

Angela J. Davis is the author of The Spanish Prayer Book (World Premiere and
8-week run: The Road Theatre Company 2019-20 season; dir. Lee Sankowich;
L.A. Times Best Bet [“a literate meditation on the boundaries of art and social responsibility”]), AGATHE (2022 Henley Rose Award First-Place Winner, 2020 New American Voices Award - The Landing Theatre, 2021 SETC Getchell Award for Outstanding Full-Length Play, 2021 Jane Chambers Award Top-4 Finalist and Honoree), Clara and Serra and The Talking Bear (commissioned and produced for radio in 2020 by Antaeus Theatre Company, dir. Steven Robman, and in digital format in 2021 by Playhouse Creatures - NYC), Griswold (2022 A is For First-Place Jury Winner and 2022 Playhouse Creatures (NYC) Rodriguez Award; 2022 official selection for American Dreaming New Works Festival [VT], FutureFest [OH], and National Women’s Theatre Festival [NC]).

Playwriting honors include: A is For Playwriting Prize, 2021 SETC Getchell Award, Landing Theatre New American Voices Award, Henley Rose Award, Jane Chambers Award Top-4 Finalist and Honoree, Playhouse Creatures NYC J.R. Rodriguez Award (twice), Woodward/Newman Drama Award Finalist; Eugene O’Neill semi-finalist (three times); 2021 Risk Theatre Modern Tragedy Award - Runner-up, Moss Hart and Kitty Carlisle Hart New Play Initiative - semi- finalist; HRC Showcase Official Selection (twice), FutureFest Official Selection (twice), ATHE Award for Excellence in Playwriting - 2nd place winner, Marsha A. Croyle Award for Achievement in Playwriting; Theatre in the Raw (Vancouver) Biennial Award for Best One-Act Play; Sky Blue Theatre (London) /British Theatre Challenge Final Short List (twice); Sohaya Visions (London) RAFTA Award - Special Commendation.

A writer of both drama and comedy, she’s the author of an award-winning series of plays inspired by women who faced nightmares of history (including AGATHE, inspired by the overlooked story of Rwanda’s fourteen-hour president) as well as the serio-comedic Hong Kong Date Night (the winning short for the 2020 Ojai Valley Arts Ensemble Festival and an official selection for Smith & Kraus Best Short Plays 2021) and Medusa Does a Re-Do (an official selection for 2021 theatre festivals in both New York and California).

Recent work presented/forthcoming at Playhouse on the Square, Playhouse Creatures (NYC) The Landing Theatre, Antaeus Theatre Company, Sohaya Visions (London), and elsewhere.

Angela’s poetry and prose pieces have appeared in several national publications, including The Antioch Review, Art/Life, and a University of Iowa Press anthology.

A Pushcart Prize nominee and one of sixteen writers selected as Literary Hosts for the 2018 PEN America LitFest, Angela holds degrees from Stanford and UCLA and is a member of Dramatists Guild, PEN America, and the Antaeus Theatre Company Playwrights Lab.

More at: AngelaJDavis.com  

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Successes

Angela J. Davis has been named as a top-four finalist and honoree for the The Jane Chambers Award for Excellence in Feminist Playwriting with the play AGATHE. This award recognizes plays and performance texts created by women and genderqueer writers that present a feminist perspective and contain significant opportunities for female performers. This annual award, administered by the Women in Theatre Program of ATHE, is given in memory of lesbian playwright Jane Chambers, a major feminist voice in American theatre.