Ngozi Anyanwu
A Meditation on Loneliness
Hold on? Or leave it behind? Two isolated humans unravel and examine the thing they love the most. With fierce humor, aching poetry, and piercing honesty, theatrical powerhouse Ngozi Anyanwu asks, “How does love transform us—and the world—both in its presence and absence?” Offering a plea and a painful goodbye wrapped into one, The Last of the Love Letters gets to the heart of what it is to love and be loved.
Performance Info
Recognizing that COVID is still present and affecting our communities, CFT is committed to the safety of our artists and audiences. Masks will be encouraged in the theater at all times, and we are offering two mask-required performances.
In addition, affordability and accessibility remain a priority, and all tickets for this production will be on a sliding scale, with no one turned away for lack of funds. We are also thrilled to offer an ASL-Interpreted performance for this production in collaboration with Velvet Hands.
Mask-required performances: Sunday, April 27th at 3 PM and Thursday, May 1st at 8 PM
ASL-Interpreted performance: Saturday, May 3rd at 3 PM
About the Playwright
Ngozi Anyanwu (she/her) A playwright, storyteller, and a 2020 Steinberg Playwright Award winner. Her play The Last of the Love Letters premiered at the Atlantic Theater in the fall of 2021. Previous productions include Good Grief (Vineyard Theatre in NYC/Center Theatre Group in LA) and The Homecoming Queen (sold-out world premiere run at the Atlantic Theatre). Good Grief was on the Kilroys List 2016, a semi-finalist for the Princess Grace Award, and won the Humanitas Award. The Homecoming Queen was on the Kilroys List 2017 and was a Leah Ryan Finalist. Her play Nike… (Kilroys List 2017) was workshopped at The New Black Fest in conjunction with The Lark and The Strand Festival in conjunction with A.C.T and Space on Ryder Farm. Ngozi also has commissions with NYU, The Old Globe, Two Rivers Theatre, The Atlantic Theatre, and Steppenwolf. Anyanwu has also received residencies from LCT3, Space on Ryder Farm, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, The New Harmony Project, New York Stage and Film, and Page 73. She attended Point Park University (BA) and received her MFA in Acting from the University of California, San Diego.
CAST
YOU: Farrah Hamzeh
YOU NO. 2: Gabriele Christian
PERSON: hodari blue
CREATIVE TEAM
Director: Nailah Unole dida-Nese’ah Harper-Malveaux ★
Dramaturg: G Momah ★
Stage Manager: Taylor Mendez
Intimacy Director: Maya Herbsman
Choreographer: Adin Walker ◼
Scenic & Props Designer: Brendan Yungert
Costume Designer: Jasmine Milan Williams
Lighting Designer: Spense Matubang
Sound Designer: Jules Indelicato
Technical Director: Beckett Finn
Lead Electrician: Krys Swan
★ Crowded Fire Resident Artist
◼ Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)
