Angela J. Davis

L.A. Times Best Bet ("A literate meditation on the boundaries of art and social responsibility")
Praised by former Pulitzer Prize Jury Chair and L.A. Weekly Theatre Critic Steven Leigh Morris as "a beautiful, intricate, and important new play . . . [and] descendant of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia")
ATHE Award for Excellence in Playwriting - 2nd Place Winner, top 21 (from a field of over 1300) for the Moss Hart and Kitty Carlisle Hart New Works Project, Eugene O'Neill NPC Semi-Finalist, PlayPenn - Top-12 Finalist, Julie Harris Award - top 5, Official Selection for FutureFest, HRC Showcase;
Theatre 503 (London) - International New Play Award - Semi-finalist

A committed atheist inherits a collection of rare and extremely valuable illustrated Hebrew manuscripts, including a prayer book from fourteenth-century Spain. A moral dilemma, historical mystery, and matters of the heart converge following the discovery that the books, which bear witness to overlapping Jewish and Islamic traditions, were stolen, some six-hundred years after their creation, from a library in 1940s Berlin. Inspired by true events and a late twentieth-century court case, and using projected images from the books themselves, the play explores the allure of sacred manuscripts, the ethical issues generated by cultural treasures displaced during wartime, and the power of art to forge human connections.

World Premiere - Playground Theatre - London (2024)
Henley Rose [after Beth Henley] Award - Winner - 2022
Jane Chambers Award - 2021 - Top-4 Finalist & Honoree
New American Voices Award (The Landing Theatre) - Winner - 2020
SETC Getchell Award - Winner - 2021
PlayFest Santa Barbara - Outstanding New Play - Winner - 2020
Woodward / Newman Award - Finalist (top 12 out of over 1,000) - 2021
Sohaya Visions (London) RAFTA Festival - Official Selection & Special Commendation - 2022
Risk Theatre Modern Tragedy Award - Runner-Up - 2021
Playhouse on the Square New Works at the Works - Official Selection - 2020
The Road Theatre Company SPF 11 - Official Selection - 2020
Inspired by the overlooked story of the woman who served as Rwanda's president for just fourteen hours and her accomplishment of a miracle during one of the darkest moments in history.

A is For Playwriting Prize - First Place (juried by professionals affiliated with Broadway Acts for Women and Broadway Cares) -2021/22
Playhouse Creatures (NYC) Rodriguez Award - Winner - 2022
FutureFest 2022 - Official Selection
American Dreaming New Works Festival 2022 - Official Selection
National Women's Theatre Festival - Official Selection - 2022
Arts & Letters Drama Prize Finalist - 2021
Fractured Atlas / Elephant Ears Reading Room - Official Selection - 2022
Inspired by the untold story behind establishment of the right to sexual privacy.
Three actors (2 actors must be female/female identifying; 2 actors must be actors of color)

Commissioned for radio by Antaeus Theatre Company - 2020 and recipient of the 2021 Playhouse Creatures (NYC) Rodriguez Award.
A magical encounter with a celestial comet awakens a pair of downtown statues and a neighboring denizen of the La Brea Tar Pits. Historical accusations, social justice, and food truck cuisine lead to a fantasia of repentance, acceptance, and grace high above the City of Angels.

Marsha A. Croyle Award for Achievement in Playwriting - Winner
Chameleon Theatre Circle Award - Winner
Arts & Letters Drama Award - Finalist
Theatre in The Raw Biennial One-Act Play Award - First-Place Winner
Occupy The Stage / National Women's Theatre Festival - Official Selection
[For the two-act play, please see AGATHE (spelled with all caps)]
April 6, 1994 marks the assassination of President Juvenal Habyrimana of Rwanda, whose downed plane ignited a raging genocide that would leave 800,000 dead in three months. One of the first victims was Agathe Uwilingiyimana, a university and moderate Hutu, who had, through international peace accords, become the government official next in line for Rwanda’s presidency. Although the genocidaires kept her from that position, her foresight and courage, and the intervention of a charismatic and unconventional African army captain, brought about a miracle: the survival of Agathe’s five young children and Agathe’s spirit, evidenced by Rwanda today having the world’s highest percentage of governing women.
This one-act play mines the force of her bravery and light during a time of unspeakable darkness.

Named for the 23-year-old French noblewoman who single-handedly assassinated Jean-Paul Marat during the French Reign of Terror, this play explores the elusive search for justice and morality during times of madness.

Barcelona, 1939. In a country ravaged by brutal civil war, a narcissistic, misogynist, and propaganda-loving dictator rules with an iron fist while
ubiquitous mechanical birds (1930s-style propaganda rockets) spread his self-serving fictions. In desperation, two loyalists for the overthrown democracy feign insanity and seek refuge in a medieval mental hospital. Inside the asylum, events both tragic and comedic unfold, in very loose parallel to Lope de Vega’s sixteenth-century masterpiece, “Locos de Valencia.” Through interlocking love triangles, hallucinations of the recent war, and close encounters with the forces of oppression, the play mines the elusive meaning of sanity during times of madness.

Play explores the bravery, sisterly love, and truth of the Russian princesses who temporarily foiled their assassins.

Inspired by the woman known by her stage name, Mata Hari, this play explores the other side of one of the twentieth's century's most reviled female characters. Play also explores her improbable relationship with the nuns who cared for Margaret (Mata Hari's true name) during her imprisonment.

Serio-comedy inspired by true story of pandas who mated for the first time during the privacy of the coronavirus lockdown.

Teenage Russian Princesses, a World War I Spy, a French Revolutionary female assassin, and an African President make up a montage of women facing nightmares of history.