C.A. Johnson

Classes Taught:
Collaboration I and Playwriting 

C.A. Johnson is a Brooklyn-based playwright originally from Metairie, Louisiana. Her plays include ALL THE NATALIE PORTMANS (MCC Theater), THIRST (2017 Kilroys List, CATF), THE CLIMB (Cherry Lane Mentor Project, InterAct Theatre Company), AN AMERICAN FEAST (NYU Playwrights Horizons Theater School), I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW, SOMEBODY’S BODY, and THE WITNESSES (Chautauqua Theater Company). Most recently, she was awarded the Horton Foote Award by the Dramatists Guild and a Helen Merrill Award by the New York Community Trust.  She is currently a resident playwright at New Dramatists and was previously the Tow Playwright in Residence at MCC Theater, the 2018 P73 Playwriting Fellow, a Van Lier Fellow, a Dramatists Guild Fellow, a MacDowell Fellow, a Core Writer at The Playwrights Center, and a Sundance Theatre Lab Fellow. Her work has been commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club, Seattle Rep, Page 73, and Chautauqua Theater Company. C.A. also has an active career in film and television. BA: Smith College MFA: NYU