about the cast
Abigail C. Onwunali
Abigail C. Onwunali is a multi-faceted Nigerian American theater maker. Her acting credits include Jocelyn Bioh’s JaJa’s African Hair Braiding at the Manhattan Theater Club; Half-God of Rainfall and for the honey you gotta say when at the New York Theater Workshop; Bloodwork at the National Black Theater; Sojourners at The Huntington. She is a graduated acting fellow of Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Mentorship Program. She was the 2022 John Gore Princess Grace Award winner. She served as the Associate Artistic Director of the 2021-22 Yale Cabaret where, in addition to performing, she has directed projects and a number of plays she has written have been produced like In Between Bitches, and Ikenga in Wahalaland. Abigail’s play, Jewel, was one of the 2021 Red Bull Theater’s Short New Play Festival winners, and she is currently a member of the Liberation Theater Company Playwriting Residency. She received her MFA in Acting from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.
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