Welcome to the official website of Ugo Chukwu. I am an actor and Teaching Artist based in NYC.
Click HERE for my resume.
Click HERE for my resume.
Recent News
January:
- was in a reading of the new play "BEER" written by Graham Techler and directed by Caitlin Sullivan. Produced by Ensemble Studio Theater.
- was in a reading of the new play "BEER" written by Graham Techler and directed by Caitlin Sullivan. Produced by Ensemble Studio Theater.
- appeared in the play "my utopia", written by Jay Stull, directed by Jillian Jetton, and produced by the Exponential Festival.
December
- Wrapped a commercial shoot. More details tba.
November
- Holiday Touchdown: A Buffalo Bills Love Story" premiered on the Hallmark channel. I play Sal, one of three friends who help their childhood friends find love. All while repping the Bills Mafia! Starring Matthew Daddario, Holland Roden, Steve Schirripa and Joe Pantoliano.
- Worked on a new untitled play written by Susan Soon He Stanton, as a part of New Dramatists' PlayTime Festival.
October
- Appeared in the short play "Let The Man!" by Morgan Barnes-Whitehead and directed by Linsay Firman. Part of Ensemble Studio Theater's Asking For Trouble short play festival.
- Finished filming a new independent film called "HOLLOW" in Virginia written by Anna Stromberg and Burt Grinstead. Set in a small rural town, this is a dectecive film about missing persons, and the supernatural. Release date TBA.
- Made a small appearance in Harris Gurney's upcoming film "Adulting" starring Jake Ryan, Kelsey Asbille, and Dagmara Dominczyk. Release date TBA.
September
- Featured in Chloe Chow's & Jisoo Hope Yoon's workshop reading of "(there is no day or night in space)", part of the Soho Rep's Writer/Director Lab.
- took part in a reading of Talene Monahon's adaptation of "R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Capek, directed by Jess Chayes. Produced by The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles
- Wrapped a commercial shoot. More details tba.
November
- Holiday Touchdown: A Buffalo Bills Love Story" premiered on the Hallmark channel. I play Sal, one of three friends who help their childhood friends find love. All while repping the Bills Mafia! Starring Matthew Daddario, Holland Roden, Steve Schirripa and Joe Pantoliano.
- Worked on a new untitled play written by Susan Soon He Stanton, as a part of New Dramatists' PlayTime Festival.
October
- Appeared in the short play "Let The Man!" by Morgan Barnes-Whitehead and directed by Linsay Firman. Part of Ensemble Studio Theater's Asking For Trouble short play festival.
- Finished filming a new independent film called "HOLLOW" in Virginia written by Anna Stromberg and Burt Grinstead. Set in a small rural town, this is a dectecive film about missing persons, and the supernatural. Release date TBA.
- Made a small appearance in Harris Gurney's upcoming film "Adulting" starring Jake Ryan, Kelsey Asbille, and Dagmara Dominczyk. Release date TBA.
September
- Featured in Chloe Chow's & Jisoo Hope Yoon's workshop reading of "(there is no day or night in space)", part of the Soho Rep's Writer/Director Lab.
- took part in a reading of Talene Monahon's adaptation of "R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Capek, directed by Jess Chayes. Produced by The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles
Other News
Honored to have both shows I worked on featured in the best of Theater 2024!
"Usus" was listed in both The Vulture's The Best Theater of 2024 and Helen Shaw's
Best Theater of 2024 in the New Yorker.
"Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!" has appeared in The Vulture's Best Theater of 2024
"Usus" was listed in both The Vulture's The Best Theater of 2024 and Helen Shaw's
Best Theater of 2024 in the New Yorker.
"Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!" has appeared in The Vulture's Best Theater of 2024
Appeared in Soho Rep's world premiere of "Give me Carmelita Tropicana!" Written by Tony award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Alina Troyano (aka Carmelita Tropicana). Directed by Eric Ting.
Here's what folks had to say about "Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!"
"There are moments of sheer comic bliss, often thanks to Chukwu’s dry delivery..."
- Helen Shaw, The New Yorker
"Branden (embodied with flawless comic precision by Ugo Chukwu)""Chukwu’s Branden, whose self-satirizing preening is tuned at just the right frequency."
"Chukwu pirouettes through this kind of winkingly pompous spiel with agility and verve."
"Chukwu—conjuring up Steve Martin as possessed by Lily Tomlin in All of Me"
- Sara Holdren Vulture
"Chukwu is dryly hilarious and charming as the play’s straight man (so to speak)"
- David Cote, The Observer
"Chukwu deftly toggles between realism and caricature in his portrayal of Jacobs-Jenkins, winkingly inviting us into this world of unreliable narrators and changing camera angles."
- Zachary Stewart, TheaterMania
"Chukwu, meanwhile, is the comic ideal of a successful, critically acclaimed playwright's avatar: a little vain, a little clueless, a little neurotic. He gets to do some hysterical slapstick....with Troyano that makes you buy Chukwu actually is her former star student..."
- Lauren Theisen, The Defector
"There are moments of sheer comic bliss, often thanks to Chukwu’s dry delivery..."
- Helen Shaw, The New Yorker
"Branden (embodied with flawless comic precision by Ugo Chukwu)""Chukwu’s Branden, whose self-satirizing preening is tuned at just the right frequency."
"Chukwu pirouettes through this kind of winkingly pompous spiel with agility and verve."
"Chukwu—conjuring up Steve Martin as possessed by Lily Tomlin in All of Me"
- Sara Holdren Vulture
"Chukwu is dryly hilarious and charming as the play’s straight man (so to speak)"
- David Cote, The Observer
"Chukwu deftly toggles between realism and caricature in his portrayal of Jacobs-Jenkins, winkingly inviting us into this world of unreliable narrators and changing camera angles."
- Zachary Stewart, TheaterMania
"Chukwu, meanwhile, is the comic ideal of a successful, critically acclaimed playwright's avatar: a little vain, a little clueless, a little neurotic. He gets to do some hysterical slapstick....with Troyano that makes you buy Chukwu actually is her former star student..."
- Lauren Theisen, The Defector