Sukari Jones
Biography
Sukari Jones is a playwright and lyricist who gives black actors real shit to do. B.A., Vassar College, M.F.A. NYU Tisch. Memberships: BMI Musical Theater Workshop, Public Theater’s Emerging Writers group. Production/development: The Public Theater, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, The Cherry Lane Theater, Lincoln Center Theater, The Lark, 54/Below, NAMT, Goodspeed Opera House. Awards/fellowships: Women’s Project Theater Lab (finalist), Jonathan Larson Award (semi-finalist), W.K. Rose winner (Vassar, 2018). Upcoming projects: Atlantic Theater commission, Barrington Stage commission, Atlantic Kids commission, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Incubator summer showcase.
Professional Experience
- Concerts/Cabaret
- Education
Regions
- NYC/Tri-State Area
- D.C./Baltimore/Mid-Atlantic
Maestra Expertise
- Theatrical Lyricist
- Theatrical Bookwriter
Affiliations
- BMI
- THE DRAMATISTS GUILD
Person of Color?
- Yes