Flo Ankah

Flo Ankah is a theater maker from France whose writing explores belonging across cultures and the struggles of the creative process. Her solo plays with music have been presented at Joe’s Pub, 54 Below, and the Miami-Dade County Auditorium, and her play Out of the Box was produced at Symphony Space and Court Square Theater. Green Apple Taxi, about a foreign artist unable to pursue her passion for dance because of her immigration status, has been developed through the Vertigo/Thurber Reading Series & Mentorship, the Clarksdale Tennessee Williams Residency, and the Athena Theater Fellowship. Flo is a current member of the PlayPenn Entrepreneur Playwright Program and a graduate of Atlantic Acting School and Upright Citizens Brigade. She is also a stage actress and vocalist.

Flo Ankah is a theater maker from France whose writing explores belonging across cultures and the struggles of the creative process. Her solo plays with music have been presented at Joe’s Pub, 54 Below, and the Miami-Dade County Auditorium, and her play Out of the Box was produced at Symphony Space and Court Square Theater. Green Apple Taxi, about a foreign artist unable to pursue her passion for dance because of her immigration status, has been developed through the Vertigo/Thurber Reading Series & Mentorship, the Clarksdale Tennessee Williams Residency, and the Athena Theater Fellowship. Flo is a current member of the PlayPenn Entrepreneur Playwright Program and a graduate of Atlantic Acting School and Upright Citizens Brigade. She is also a stage actress and vocalist.

Scripts

GREEN APPLE TAXI

by Flo Ankah

Cast Size
3—4
Genre
dark comedy

Unable to join the dance company of her dreams without proper papers, Bubble becomes a caregiver to Jeanne, an Alzheimer’s patient. Despite the support of her American roommate, Mourad, New York wears down the young choreographer. Years later, she meets Soledad, with whom she has so much yet so little in common. It’s a tale of immigration, language and being there for one another.

Unable to join the dance company of her dreams without proper papers, Bubble becomes a caregiver to Jeanne, an Alzheimer’s patient. Despite the support of her American roommate, Mourad, New York wears down the young choreographer. Years later, she meets Soledad, with whom she has so much yet so little in common. It’s a tale of immigration, language and being there for one another.

SWAGGER MAN

by Flo Ankah

Cast Size
3
Genre
romantic comedy

Two hipster millennials meet on a train headed upstate: Lathaea and Swagger, a potential match. Punctuated by the streetwise musings of MC Through, their encounter could become more than a one-night stand.

Two hipster millennials meet on a train headed upstate: Lathaea and Swagger, a potential match. Punctuated by the streetwise musings of MC Through, their encounter could become more than a one-night stand.

OUT OF THE BOX

by Flo Ankah

Cast Size
2
Genre
fantasy,
movement/physical,
period

Plume feels discouraged when her calling for medicine is misunderstood. At the lowest point in her life, Genie appears, igniting a passion for writing—an allegory for writer’s block and the ambivalence of the creative process.

French title is "LA PART DU GÉNIE," English subtitles have been made and will be provided.

Plume feels discouraged when her calling for medicine is misunderstood. At the lowest point in her life, Genie appears, igniting a passion for writing—an allegory for writer’s block and the ambivalence of the creative process.

French title is "LA PART DU GÉNIE," English subtitles have been made and will be provided.

LOVE IS FRENCH

by Flo Ankah

Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy,
musical

Dissecting with humor and wisdom the clichés of romance, the comedian and her jazz band invigorate multicultural tunes with a rhythmic twist—an intimate journey of love through time, and timeless loves.

Dissecting with humor and wisdom the clichés of romance, the comedian and her jazz band invigorate multicultural tunes with a rhythmic twist—an intimate journey of love through time, and timeless loves.

APRIL IN PARIS

by Flo Ankah

Cast Size
1
Genre
musical

Weaving a spell of charm, joie de vivre, heartache, and defiance, this rhythmic tribute to the French spirit celebrates Paris as a beacon of liberty and a touchstone for artists and lovers around the world.

Weaving a spell of charm, joie de vivre, heartache, and defiance, this rhythmic tribute to the French spirit celebrates Paris as a beacon of liberty and a touchstone for artists and lovers around the world.

EDITH PIAF ALIVE

by Flo Ankah

Cast Size
1
Genre
biography,
musical

When you are the instrument – and broken, singing is an act of resilience. The vocalist, in search of her own voice, channels the legendary ‘Little Sparrow,’ transporting us back with that husky, mournful sound of the 1940s and ’50s.

When you are the instrument – and broken, singing is an act of resilience. The vocalist, in search of her own voice, channels the legendary ‘Little Sparrow,’ transporting us back with that husky, mournful sound of the 1940s and ’50s.