Sofia Johnson saw her first play produced in 2002 -- when she was 8 years old – and she has been writing for the theater ever since. She has been honored numerous times on both the regional and the national level by Young Playwright’s Inc., and her plays have been produced in the Young Playwrights Inc. Advanced Playwriting Workshop, Manhattan Theater Source’s Estrogenius Festival, Writopia Lab’s Best Playwrights’ Festival, and at the Brooklyn Arts Exchange. In addition, several of her short stories have been honored with the Scholastic Art & Writing Gold Key award. She has studied writing at the Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference, Writopia Lab, and Young Playwright’s Inc. She made her professional acting debut as a Maypole Dancer in Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of Alan Ayckbourn’s HOUSE & GARDEN. In the fall, Sofia will be a senior at Bard High School Early College in New York City.
Sofia’s association with Anna Foss Wilson began when they appeared in a play together at the 2006 Estrogenius Festival. Since then, they have collaborated on several projects for Little Theater at The New Dixon Place. Sofia is delighted to have Anna direct 22 STORIES.
Anna Foss Wilson was a co-founding member of Diane Paulus's Project 400 Theater Group from 1997-2007. In the first ever New York International Fringe Festival their show, BARON OF LUFV, won best musical, and she is pleased to be participating again with the Festival in its fourteenth year. With P400, Anna created leads in THE DONKEY SHOW (7-year Off-Broadway run / 1-year tour in Europe), SWIMMING WITH WATERMELONS, THE KARAOKE SHOW, and MEASURE FOR MEASURE. Also with P400, Anna devised original musicals with residents of the Lower East Side and taught theater workshops to teens and undergrads at Mike Nichol’s School and Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis. In addition to acting, Anna has been directing various shows for FNDo it Productions. In the past three years Anna has formed an LLC to teach film acting, Create Urlife, with partner Tom Brangle. Anna is thrilled to be directing Sofia Johnson's 22 STORIES for this year's Fringe.
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