Mfoniso Udofia

Mfoniso Udofia is a first-generation Nigerian-American storyteller and educator. From 2024-2026, a consortium of theatre companies and activation partners across Boston are producing all of Mfoniso’s 9-play Ufot Family Cycle. Upcoming productions include Lifted (Wellesley Repertory Theatre), In Old Age (Front Porch Arts/ArtsEmerson), and Adia and Clora Snatch Joy. Productions of her plays The Ceremony, Kufre N’ Quay, Sojourners, The Grove (2025 Elliot Norton for Outstanding New Script), runboyrun, Her Portmanteau, and In Old Age have been seen at The Huntington, CHUANG Stage, Boston Arts Academy, Central Square Theatre, Round House Theatre, NYTW, A.C.T., Playwrights Realm, Magic Theater, National Black Theatre, and Boston Court. She’s the recipient of the 2024 Steinberg Playwright Award, the 2021 Horton Foote Award, the 2017 Helen Merrill Award, the 2017-18 McKnight National Residency and Commission, and is a member of New Dramatists. Mfoniso has written for TV shows like Things Fall Apart, Pachinko, A League of Their Own and Lessons in Chemistry. mfonisoudofia.com 

As of April 2026