about the cast

Mfoniso Udofia

Mfoniso Udofia
Is a first-generation Nigerian- American storyteller and educator and playwright of the Ufot Family Cycle, including Boston-area productions Sojourners and The Grove at The Huntington and Her Portmanteau at Central Square Theater with Front Porch Arts Collective. 

Sojourners, runboyrun, Her Portmanteau, and In Old Age have been seen at New York Theatre Workshop, American Conservatory Theater, Playwrights Realm, Magic Theater, National Black Theatre, Strand Theater, and Boston Court. 

Mfoniso has written on acclaimed shows like 13 Reasons Why on Netflix, A League of Their Own on Amazon, Let the Right One In on Showtime, and Pachinko (Peabody Award), Little America, and Lessons in Chemistry (WGA Nomination) on Apple TV+. 

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She has also developed films for HBO, Legendary, and Amazon. 

Education: 
BA Wellesley College, MFA American Conservatory Theater. 

Recipient of the 2017 Helen Merrill Award, 2017-18 McKnight National Residency/Commission, and member of New Dramatists. mfonisoudofia.com