Mya Ison (she/her) is an actor/playwright based in Brooklyn currently studying as a first-year MFA playwriting candidate at Hunter! She has been the Musical Theatre Director with Manhattan Youth at ESMS for 2 years and recently joined Classical Theatre of Harlem as a teaching artist.
Select Playwriting credits: crawlspace (Workshop @ The Flea, 2024), Don’t Let Me Disappear (Liberation Theatre Company Reading/Residency), Laure (Workshop @ NYTW & The Tank, 2023, BAPF Finalist 2023, O’Neill New Playwrights’ Conference Finalist 2024). Select Acting credits: Little Shop of Horrors (Virginia Theatre Festival), According to Howard (York Theatre Co.), Mary Gets Hers (Workshop @ Playwrights’ Realm), Lorena (Workshop @ NYTW/Dartmouth). BFA, Boston University. Learn more at myaison.com!”