JuCoby Johnson

JuCoby Johnson

JuCoby Johnson (he/him) is a New York-based playwright, actor, and screenwriter originally from Jacksonville, FL. JuCoby is a first-year playwright in the Juilliard School’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program. He has been seen onstage at The Guthrie Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Jungle Theater, Theater Latté Da, Theater Mu, Ten Thousand Things Theatre Company, and many more. His...
JuCoby Johnson (he/him) is a New York-based playwright, actor, and screenwriter originally from Jacksonville, FL. JuCoby is a first-year playwright in the Juilliard School’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program. He has been seen onstage at The Guthrie Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Jungle Theater, Theater Latté Da, Theater Mu, Ten Thousand Things Theatre Company, and many more. His plays include How It's Gon Be (Echo Theater, 2023; Underdog Theater, 2019), ...but you could've held my hand (CATCO, 2022; O'Neill NPC Summer Season, 2022), 5 (Jungle Theater, 2023; O'Neill NPC Summer Season, 2022; Seven Devils Finalist), Heritage (International Black Theater Festival, 2024); I'll Be Seeing You Again (Jungle Serial Audio Series, 2021) and Revelations (Playing On Air, 2021). He was a 2021-2022 McKnight Fellow in Playwriting, an official selection for the 2022 Sony Pictures Television Diverse Writers Program, and was a member of the inaugural Artist Cohort at The Jungle Theater.

Plays

  • ...but you could've held my hand by JuCoby Johnson
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 1 more
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    Keyword: African American, LGBTQ + 1 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, movement/physical
    Keyword: African American, LGBTQ, Non-Binary
    Four ten-year olds meet at a wedding. Little do they know, they will become the center of each other's lives for decades to come. Jumping through time, the play uses dance, music, and poetry to explore sexuality, gender, race, and love. You know, the big stuff. Life stuff.
  • How It's Gon' Be by JuCoby Johnson
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Black America, LGBTQ + 1 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Black America, LGBTQ, epic poetry
    With adulthood looming in the distance, Jahaan and his friends enjoy the last precious moments of Summer vacation. When Jahaan’s father returns after a year away, the world stops spinning for a moment and lines are drawn in the sand. A poetic exploration of missed connections and feelings too great to speak aloud.
  • 5 by JuCoby Johnson
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, horror
    Best friends Jay and Evan run a convenience store in a rapidly changing neighborhood. When a real estate developer stops by with an offer to buy the place, their deep-rooted connection is tested. As the choice to sell weighs on Evan’s shoulders, their community is ripped apart and the very foundation of the world around them begins to rumble and quake. An intimate play that races towards apocalyptic ends, 5...
    Best friends Jay and Evan run a convenience store in a rapidly changing neighborhood. When a real estate developer stops by with an offer to buy the place, their deep-rooted connection is tested. As the choice to sell weighs on Evan’s shoulders, their community is ripped apart and the very foundation of the world around them begins to rumble and quake. An intimate play that races towards apocalyptic ends, 5 examines a friendship tested by money, race, and family secrets come to light.
  • Revelations by JuCoby Johnson
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama
    Genre: drama
    In the midst of an uprising, a father and daughter reunite.
  • I'll Be Seeing You Again by JuCoby Johnson
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama
    Genre: comedy, drama
    In the midst of an uprising, two old friends go on a walk.