Iyona Blake

Iyona Blake is a (AEA) Washington, DC based actor, wife, mom, educator, playwright, podcaster, and entrepreneur. Iyona is the 2017 Helen Hayes Award Winner for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical for her role as Caroline Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change. Iyona has recently been seen in Beauty and the Beast (Mrs. Potts), Crowns (Velma), and Sound of Music (The Mother Abbess) to name a few.
Iyona has written plays for children and adults, including Girls of Madison Street, a story about a journey to love, sisterhood and reconciliation. Iyona aims to bring mental health awareness and hope with her latest play, Diagnosed.
Iyona loves to travel, swim, collect butterflies, and cook. In her spare time, Iyona enjoys watching the Food Network and her favorite game shows. For more information...

Iyona Blake is a (AEA) Washington, DC based actor, wife, mom, educator, playwright, podcaster, and entrepreneur. Iyona is the 2017 Helen Hayes Award Winner for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical for her role as Caroline Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change. Iyona has recently been seen in Beauty and the Beast (Mrs. Potts), Crowns (Velma), and Sound of Music (The Mother Abbess) to name a few.
Iyona has written plays for children and adults, including Girls of Madison Street, a story about a journey to love, sisterhood and reconciliation. Iyona aims to bring mental health awareness and hope with her latest play, Diagnosed.
Iyona loves to travel, swim, collect butterflies, and cook. In her spare time, Iyona enjoys watching the Food Network and her favorite game shows. For more information, visit www.iyonablake.com.

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Scripts

Diagnosed

by Iyona Blake

Cast Size
1—7
Genre
comedy,
drama

Lydia is an African American woman who inherits a family-owned boutique. While searching for her own inner peace, she creates a safe space for women to share their stories of hurt, trauma and healing. Guided by the spirit of her ancestors, Lydia and the women are able to come face to face with their childhood and present-day demons. They will soon see that a boutique filled with women’s fashion, standout...

Lydia is an African American woman who inherits a family-owned boutique. While searching for her own inner peace, she creates a safe space for women to share their stories of hurt, trauma and healing. Guided by the spirit of her ancestors, Lydia and the women are able to come face to face with their childhood and present-day demons. They will soon see that a boutique filled with women’s fashion, standout accessories and envy-inducing handbags isn’t the only common ground the women share. Will they heal?

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Girls of Madison Street

by Iyona Blake

Cast Size
7
Genre
comedy,
drama,
faith-based,
political,
tragedy

A tight-knit family of African American sisters confront hidden truths and well-kept secrets as they come together for their mother's funeral. Conflicts emerge, tensions flare, but they soon learn that the bonds of sisterhood know no bounds.

A tight-knit family of African American sisters confront hidden truths and well-kept secrets as they come together for their mother's funeral. Conflicts emerge, tensions flare, but they soon learn that the bonds of sisterhood know no bounds.

Blight Flight

by Iyona Blake

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
political

Erica is a single, African American mother of four and lives in an urban community. After renting her row house for a few years, she is suddenly being displaced. Samantha, a Caucasian woman recently purchased the row houses next door with her family. As the two worlds come face to face, we will see how displacement, gentrification and racism impacts both families.

Erica is a single, African American mother of four and lives in an urban community. After renting her row house for a few years, she is suddenly being displaced. Samantha, a Caucasian woman recently purchased the row houses next door with her family. As the two worlds come face to face, we will see how displacement, gentrification and racism impacts both families.