JuCoby Johnson (Playwright) (he/him) is a New York-based playwright, actor and screenwriter originally from Jacksonville, FL. Johnson is a first-year playwright in the Juilliard School’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program. He has been seen onstage at The Guthrie Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Jungle Theater, Theater Latté Da, Ten Thousand Things Theater Company and more. His plays include How It's Gon Be (The Echo Theater Company, 2023; Underdog Theatre, 2019), ...but you could've held my hand (CATCO, 2022; O'Neill National Playwrights Conference Summer Season, 2022), 5 (Jungle Theater, 2023; O'Neill National Playwrights Conference Summer Season, 2022; Seven Devils Finalist), Heritage (International Black Theatre Festival, 2024); and Revelations (Playing On Air, 2021). His television credits include “The Runarounds” (Amazon). He is the recipient of McKnight and Jerome Hill Artist Fellowships, was a member of the 2022 Sony Pictures Television Diverse Writers Program and a member of the inaugural Artist Cohort at The Jungle Theater.
The Red Man
by JuCoby Johnson
directed by H. Adam Harris
Friday, May 2, at 3:30 p.m.
Segerstrom Stage
$23
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Have you ever been so lonely you could just…? Jaqueline has. That is until her estranged twin brother, Jackie, turns up one night at her shack in the Florida swamp. But Jackie’s brought home more than Jaqueline bargained for. Something is following him—and now it’s after her, too.
Recommendation: Ages 16+
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