James Ijames is a Philadelphia-based performer and playwright. He has appeared regionally in productions at the Arden Theatre Company, the Philadelphia Theatre Company, InterAct Theatre Company, the Wilma Theater, Baltimore Center Stage, Mauckingbird Theatre Company, and People’s Light and Theatre. James’ plays have been produced by Flashpoint Theatre Company, Orbiter 3, Theatre Horizon (Philadelphia), the National Black Theatre (NYC), and Ally Theatre Company (Washington, D.C.) and have received development with PlayPenn’s New Play Conference, the Lark, Playwrights Horizons, Clubbed Thumb, Villanova Theatre, the Gulfshore Playhouse, the Wilma Theater, Azuka Theatre, InterAct Theatre Company, and Victory Gardens. James is the 2011 recipient of the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist, and he also won two Barrymores for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play for SUPERIOR DONUTS and ANGELS IN AMERICA and one Barrymore for Outstanding Direction of a Play for THE BROTHERS SIZE with Simpatico Theatre Company. James is a 2011 Independence Foundation Fellow, a 2015 Pew Fellow for Playwriting, the 2015 winner of the Terrance McNally New Play Award for WHITE, the 2015 Kesselring Honorable Mention Prize winner for MIZ MARTHA, and a 2017 recipient of the Whiting Award. James is a founding member of Orbiter 3, Philadelphia’s first playwright producing collective, and a mentor for the Foundry. He received a B.A. in Drama from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, and a M.F.A. in Acting from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. James is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Villanova University and resides in South Philadelphia.
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