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.
UPCOMING
Excited to share that I will be playing BERT in the 2024 Pulitzer Prize winning play, "Primary Trust" by Eboni Booth, directed by Knud Adams.
Produced by Center Theatre Group (CTG) and playing at the Mark Taper Forum theater. Tix are on sale now, and you can get them (and more info on the show) HERE.
Produced by Center Theatre Group (CTG) and playing at the Mark Taper Forum theater. Tix are on sale now, and you can get them (and more info on the show) HERE.
Recent News
April:
I will be featured in "Between Me & You", a new scripted audio drama premiering April 16th, exclusively from Audible. Starring Jurnee Smollett, Jake Falahee, and Stephanie Hsu, this story is based on the novel written by Allison Winn Scotch and directed by Logan Vaughn. Check out this Variety press release for more info. Pre-order the audio series HERE.
March:
Appeared in a reading of R.U.R. by Karel Capek, adapted by Talene Monahon and presented by Classic Stage Company
Appeared in a reading of "Out West" by Johnny G. Lloyd directed by Keenan Tyler-Oliphant as a part of Second Stage's Judith Champion reading series.
Appeared in a reading of "In Sisters We Trust, or My Fucked Up American Girl Doll Play" by Justine Gelfman in collaboration with Susanna Wolk. Proceeds for this reading went to the Immigrant Defense Network and its coordinated support for immigrant communities in Minnesota. Produced by Gemma Josephine.
February:
Catch me on Season 3 of the Night Agent! I appear as a lawyer named Saunders in episode 10 titled "Razzmatazz
Appeared in a reading of Hannah Cowley's "Bold Stroke for a Husband". Produced by The Acting Company & Expand the Canon, hosted by the Public Theater and feat Constance Wu and Peter Gallagher. Check out our program.
January:
in a reading of the new play "BEER" written by Graham Techler and directed by Caitlin Sullivan. Produced by Ensemble Studio Theater.
I will be featured in "Between Me & You", a new scripted audio drama premiering April 16th, exclusively from Audible. Starring Jurnee Smollett, Jake Falahee, and Stephanie Hsu, this story is based on the novel written by Allison Winn Scotch and directed by Logan Vaughn. Check out this Variety press release for more info. Pre-order the audio series HERE.
March:
Appeared in a reading of R.U.R. by Karel Capek, adapted by Talene Monahon and presented by Classic Stage Company
Appeared in a reading of "Out West" by Johnny G. Lloyd directed by Keenan Tyler-Oliphant as a part of Second Stage's Judith Champion reading series.
Appeared in a reading of "In Sisters We Trust, or My Fucked Up American Girl Doll Play" by Justine Gelfman in collaboration with Susanna Wolk. Proceeds for this reading went to the Immigrant Defense Network and its coordinated support for immigrant communities in Minnesota. Produced by Gemma Josephine.
February:
Catch me on Season 3 of the Night Agent! I appear as a lawyer named Saunders in episode 10 titled "Razzmatazz
Appeared in a reading of Hannah Cowley's "Bold Stroke for a Husband". Produced by The Acting Company & Expand the Canon, hosted by the Public Theater and feat Constance Wu and Peter Gallagher. Check out our program.
January:
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