AFRICAN MOMS’ BOOK CLUB

Gloria Majule is a storyteller from Dodoma, Tanzania. She seeks to tell stories that bring multiple black voices together from across the world, and are accessible to black audiences no matter where they are. She writes for and about Africans and the African diaspora. Gloria has been awarded fellowships from MacDowell and Artist Trust; commissions from Audible, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Atlantic Theater Company, and Princeton University/The Civilians; and residencies at Yaddo, Art Omi, The Ground Floor at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The New Harmony Project, and New York Stage and Film. A four-time O’Neill Finalist and six-time Susan Smith Blackburn Prize nominee, Gloria’s work includes UHURU (Upcoming World Premiere at the Alley Theatre), MALA ARIA (Upcoming New Play Production at Premiere Stages), MY FATHER WAS SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD (Relentless Award Finalist), POSSESSED (OR, “THE CRAZY AFRICAN GIRL PLAY) (O’Neill National Playwrights Conference Selection), CULTURE SHOCK (Leah Ryan Prize Winner), and FIFTEEN HUNDRED (Blue Ink Award Finalist). Her work has been developed at New York Theatre Workshop, Union Arts Center, The American Playwriting Foundation, Abingdon Theatre Company, The Black and Latino Playwrights Celebration, Vassar’s Powerhouse Theater, American Blues Theater, The New Group, The Alliance Theatre, and Great Plains Theatre Commons, among others. Gloria graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a BA in Performing & Media Arts and Spanish, and was the first African woman to receive an MFA in Playwriting from Yale School of Drama.