Iyona Blake

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.
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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.

Plays

  • Diagnosed by Iyona Blake
    Cast: 
    1–7
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: black mental health, Mental Health + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: black mental health, Mental Health, African American characters
    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?
  • Girls of Madison Street by Iyona Blake
    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: African American family, African American characters + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, faith-based, political, tragedy
    Keyword: African American family, African American characters, substance abuse, Infidelity Marriage, breast cancer, alcohol abuse, black sisterhood, family, adult relationships, sisterhood.
    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: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: gentrification, Survival amidst gentrification + 3 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: gentrification, Survival amidst gentrification, urban gentrification, cultural displacement, American race relations and racism
    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.