Agyeiwaa Asante

Agyeiwaa Asante

Agyeiwaa Asante is a Ghanaian- American theatre artist from Maryland, currently based in San Diego. Her plays include, SWIRL (Kennedy Center’s Page-to-Stage Festival 2017, Watermelon One- Act Festival- Best Production 2019), HELP WANTED (Silver Spring One Act Festival, Elemental Women Productions), WILDEST DREAMS (Fire This Time Festival), BY GRACE PT. 2 (2021 Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival) and DAINTY...
Agyeiwaa Asante is a Ghanaian- American theatre artist from Maryland, currently based in San Diego. Her plays include, SWIRL (Kennedy Center’s Page-to-Stage Festival 2017, Watermelon One- Act Festival- Best Production 2019), HELP WANTED (Silver Spring One Act Festival, Elemental Women Productions), WILDEST DREAMS (Fire This Time Festival), BY GRACE PT. 2 (2021 Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival) and DAINTY (BOLD NYC’s 2020 Festival, Mosaic Theatre, Playwrights Realms Scratchpad series). She holds commissions for UMD’s NextNow Festival, Single Carrot Theatre and Round House Theatre. She is the 2020 recipient of The Bret Adams and Paul Reisch Foundation’s Ollie Award. B.A. in Theatre from the University of Maryland, College Park. She is currently earning her MFA in Playwriting at UCSD.

Plays

  • Thicker Than... by Agyeiwaa Asante
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    9–17
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    Genre: dark comedy, science fiction
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    Keyword: love, connection + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, science fiction
    Keyword: love, connection, emancipation, poc queerness
    Jillian is ready for a change. Her adult son, Tom, is not. Set in a not-too-distant future where a new kind of technology exists that allows anyone to emotionally "uncouple" from anyone in their lives, Thicker Than… asks what it means to cut off ties with a loved one and move on with your life.
  • DAINTY by Agyeiwaa Asante
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    4–8
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, experimental, movement/physical, parody/spoof, satire
    A woman’s greatest gift is her femininity, as long as she’s willing to pay the price. Just as Bride receives her summoning to depart the sanctuary of The Garden to meet her groom, an encounter with a strange fruit makes her question what might be waiting on the other side. A perspective on modern Black womanhood in America.
  • Promithes, Promithes by Agyeiwaa Asante
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: abortion, friendship + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: abortion, friendship, adult friendship, pregnancy test
    Ash has always been there for Jeremy but when she finds herself helping him navigate yet another personal crisis she wonders if it is finally time for these two old friends to define their relationship. A comedy about how we treat the people we claim to love.
  • By Grace, Pt. 2 by Agyeiwaa Asante
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: abortion, Colorism + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, tragedy
    Keyword: abortion, Colorism, choice, identity
    A pair of roommates have a conversation in an abortion clinic.
  • Swirl by Agyeiwaa Asante
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, political + 1 more
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    Keyword: Race, dinner + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, political, satire
    Keyword: Race, dinner, attraction, dating
    Jade and Charlie, an interracial couple, decide to go out for dinner with Charlie's opinionated roommate Sean. But an unexpected guest makes a simple meal into a complex conversation on race, relationships and politics amongst demographics that are rarely discussed in relation to each other, What is the conversation between Black Americans and Asian- Americans navigating through white America.
  • Help Wanted by Agyeiwaa Asante
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    3–4
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: pain, control + 6 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: pain, control, love, identity, Chronic Pain, Race, Academia, marriage
    A young couple, Deana, a successful business owner, and Prince, a local university professor,hits a bump in their marriage. Desperate to find a compromise they enlist the help of a sexual surrogate, Sadira, a young academic just trying to make ends meet. As Deana battles her chronic pain and the lines between business and pleasure are blurred, can they find peace in this compromise?