Nikiya Mathis

Theatre: Margie in the world premiere of Kirsten Greenidge’s Milk Like Sugar (dir. Rebecca Taichman) at Playwrights Horizons and La Jolla Playhouse;  Shaunta Lyun and Shun in the world premiere of Tarell McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays Trilogy (dir. Tina Landau & Robert O’hara) at the Public Theater and McCarter Theater Center; Camae in Katori Hall's The Mountaintop at Milwaukee Repertory Theater (dir Mae Adrales); Latonya in Radha Blank’s Seed (dir. Niegel Smith) at Classical Theater of Harlem; Intimate Apparel at Two River Theater  (dir. Seret Scott); Maima in Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed (dir. Liesl Tommy) at McCarter Theater Center; Claudia in The Bluest Eye (dir. Walter Dallas) at New Freedom Theater; Ernestine In Crumbs from the Table of Joy (dir. Maggie Miller) and Laura in The Glass Menagerie at The New Century Theater. Film: Compliance (dir. Craig Zobel); Knucklehead (dir. Ben Bowman); The Exodus (dir. Rosalyn Coleman). MFA: NYU's Graduate Acting Program.

Theatre: Margie in the world premiere of Kirsten Greenidge’s Milk Like Sugar (dir. Rebecca Taichman) at Playwrights Horizons and La Jolla Playhouse;  Shaunta Lyun and Shun in the world premiere of Tarell McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays Trilogy (dir. Tina Landau & Robert O’hara) at the Public Theater and McCarter Theater Center; Camae in Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop at Milwaukee Repertory Theater (dir Mae Adrales); Latonya in Radha Blank’s Seed (dir. Niegel Smith) at Classical Theater of Harlem; Intimate Apparel at Two River Theater  (dir. Seret Scott); Maima in Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed (dir. Liesl Tommy) at McCarter Theater Center; Claudia in The Bluest Eye (dir. Walter Dallas) at New Freedom Theater; Ernestine In Crumbs from the Table of Joy (dir. Maggie Miller) and Laura in The Glass Menagerie at The New Century Theater. Film: Compliance (dir. Craig Zobel); Knucklehead (dir. Ben Bowman); The Exodus (dir. Rosalyn Coleman). MFA: NYU’s Graduate Acting Program.