James Ijames
Playwright
James Ijames is a playwright, director and educator. He is the recipient of the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Artist, two Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play, two Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Direction of a Play, a Pew Fellowship for Playwriting, the Terrance McNally New Play Award, Kesselring Honorable Mention Prize, the Whiting Award, a 2019 Kesselring Prize for Kill Move Paradise, a 2020 and 2022 Steinberg Prize, and the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Drama. He received a BA in Drama from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA and a MFA. in acting from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. James is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Villanova University. He resides in South Philadelphia. James was a founding member of Orbiter 3, Philadelphia’s first playwright producing collective. James an Associate Professor of Theatre at Villanova University, and resides in South Philadelphia.