Bio:

Annie Nguyễn (any pronouns) is a dramaturg, poet-playwright, and sound designer who brings depth to the work and joy to the room. 

She’s a feral word DJ and sound poet intimate with process. As a dramaturg she invents exercises and tailors development to the room. As a designer she brings a new iteration of the soundscape every day to rehearsal. Annie made her off-Broadway debut as dramaturg on One Day Down (Samantha Ozeas) at the Connelly Theatre in New York City. She most recently explored postcolonial scholarship on Passage (Christopher Chen). 

Theatre is not the only vessel for her collectivist ethos. Annie produces civic-minded events with TEDx, like an interview series showcasing CMU’s Black academics, a speaker series for Pittsburgh’s immigrant food culture, and a BIPOC standup comedy show. As a parting gift to Carnegie Mellon, she transformed a dead space on campus into an Asian Studies reference library and lounge. Her civic engagement, dedication to craft, and Southern hospitality made her the youngest 2022 Cody Renard Richard Scholar.

Annie will earn a dual degree in Dramaturgy & Creative Writing. She is a decorated poet as the single recipient of the Bart & Kathleen Astor Award and the Academy of American Poets Prize for her collection A Homeland With No Name.

You can find her criticism published with The Public Theater NYC and TheaterMania. And you can find her with a sharp mezcal in Houston, Texas where she calls home.