
Calley N. Anderson – 2022 Cohort
I Am SOUL Playwright Residency
CALLEY N. ANDERSON (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based playwright from Memphis, TN. Her work has been staged at several colleges and 10-minute play festivals around the country, including commissions by the Davidson College Theatre Department and the University of Memphis Department of Theatre and Dance. Anderson is currently a 2025 – 208 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow and National Black Theatre I AM SOUL Resident Playwright. Her work has been supported by Page 73, RE Endeavors, ATG PlayLab, MacDowell, Liberation Theatre Company, Clubbed Thumb, The Civilians, and the Dramatists Guild Foundation. She has been a 2x finalist for Fault Line Theatre’s Irons in the Fire, a finalist for the DGF Catalyst Fellowship, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and New York Stage & Film Founders’ Award, and a semifinalist for the Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship, O’Neil National Playwrights Conference, and Princess Grace Fellowship. MFA: New School for Drama | BA: Davidson College. calleynanderson.com