Onyekachi Iwu

Onyekachi Iwu is a Nigerian-American director and playwright from Nashville, TN. Drawing from her Southern and Nigerian roots, Iwu’s work explores themes of love, sisterhood, violence, and transformation. Iwu’s most recent directing credits include: Assistant Director for Stereophonic, directed by Daniel Aukin at Playwrights Horizons. Assistant Director for The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, directed by Anne Kauffman at Brooklyn Academy of Music and on Broadway. As a playwright, Iwu was an inaugural member of the American Theatre Group Playlab. She was a finalist for UCROSS +The Blank Theatre’s 2022 Future of Playwriting Prize, 2021 Crossroads Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative, and the 2020 Leah Ryan Fund for Emerging Women Writers. Her short play, Georgia Rose, was published in an anthology by Concord Theatricals in 2023.