Gloria Majule

Gloria Majule is a storyteller born and raised in Dodoma, Tanzania. She seeks to tell stories that bring multiple black voices together from across the world, and are accessible to black audiences no matter where they are. She writes for and about Africans and the African diaspora.

Gloria has been awarded a MacDowell Fellowship; commissions from Audible, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Atlantic Theater Company, and Princeton University/The Civilians; and residencies at Yaddo, Art Omi, The New Harmony Project, and New York Stage and Film. She was a finalist for the Sundance Cultural Impact Residency.

A three-time O’Neill Finalist and six-time Susan Smith Blackburn Prize nominee, Gloria’s work includes MY FATHER WAS SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD (Relentless Award Finalist), CULTURE SHOCK (Leah Ryan Prize Winner), MALA ARIA (Premiere Stages Winner), UHURU (Alley All New Festival), and FIFTEEN HUNDRED (Blue Ink Award Finalist). She has had workshops and readings at numerous institutions, including Union Arts Center, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The American Playwriting Foundation, Abingdon Theatre Company, The Alley Theatre, The Black and Latino Playwrights Celebration, Vassar’s Powerhouse Theater, and The New Group. Gloria has also been an invited guest speaker for the Courageous Art Panel at Starbucks, and the President’s Tea at Vassar College.

Gloria graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a BA in Performing & Media Arts and Spanish, and was the first African woman to receive an MFA in Playwriting from Yale School of Drama.