Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe is an award-winning actor, director, playwright, dramaturg, and scholar of theatre.
She has received numerous accolades for her professional work including
- Two Rabin nominations for directing work in Dallas
- Best Ensemble from TBA for the theater company she founded
- The Dean Goodman Award for Excellence for her direction of The Old Settler
- A GOLDIE for acting from the SF Bay Guardian
- A Dramalogue for acting
and a plethora of rave reviews.
In addition, Edris specializes in working in academic settings as a workshop leader, guest director, or visiting faculty - working to generate excitement for the theatre and innovate the field.
Bring the generative work of Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe to your organization, institution or project.
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Recent projects include:
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World Premiere of the acclaimed trans rock opera, The Red Shades, at Z Space
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Sony Labou Tansi's political satire, Parentheses of Blood at Stanford University TAPS
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Pulitzer Prize winning author Danielle Evans' Boys Go to Jupiter, Word for Word, San Francisco
what the people say
directing
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"Edris..strikes a good balance between knowing exactly what they want and having a clear vision...but is also very mindful of giving the actors freedom" " strong critiques that are easy to work with" - Matthew Canlas, Stanford University theater student
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"create(s) moments of dazzling artistry" - Lily Janiak, SF Chronicle
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"wonderfully fluid staging" - Robert Hurwitt, SF Chronicle
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"skilled directing...searing, powerful" - David John Chavez, SF Chronicle
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"what more could you want from a night of theatre" J.P Shufmann, Knoxville Theatre Club
acting
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"In a variety of roles, Cooper-Anifowoshe is so natural, so unstudied, that the whole theater experience melts away, and you’re surprised, as a scene moves on, to remember that you’re in a performance space." Lily Janiak, SF Chronicle
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" a hoot" - Eddy Reynolds, SF Theatre Critic