N'yomi Stewart

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N'yomi Allure Stewart is an American actress, writer, dancer, and multidisciplinary artist.

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Early life and education

Stewart was born in Greenville, South Carolina. She was the first Black transgender woman to graduate with a B.F.A from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Acting Program. [1] [2]

Career

Stewart was assistant director for the off-Broadway production of Cats: The Jellicle Ball, where she made her off-Broadway directorial debut as Directing Fellow through the Black Theatre Coalition. [3] She was Artist in Residence at the New York Theater Workshop [4] and was a 2023 GALLIM Moving Artist Resident. [5]

Stewart was cast in the original off-Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun at the Public Theater, directed by Robert O'Hara. [6]

In 2025, Stewart originated the role of Performer 4 in the critically acclaimed off-Broadway play Prince Faggot. [7] She was involved in the first 2022 workshop of the play, where she developed a fourth-wall-breaking autobiographical monologue that now closes out the show. [8] The monologue is about her personal relationship with the institution of royalty and New York City's ballroom scene, of which she is an active member. [9] [10]

References

  1. "N'yomi Stewart". Weisman Art Museum - University of Minnesota. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  2. "Drama graduate N'yomi Stewart on following her acting dreams to New York City". www.uncsa.edu. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  3. Rabinowitz, Chloe. "N'yomi Stewart Named as Directing Fellow for CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  4. "N'yomi Stewart". National Black Justice Coalition. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  5. "Moving Artist Residency - N'yomi Allure Stewart". GALLIM. 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  6. "A Raisin in the Sun". PLAYBILL. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  7. Russo, Gillian (2025-08-04). "'Prince F****t' to play encore Off-Broadway run this fall". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  8. Ramírez, Juan (2025-09-15). "The Play Is Fiction, but Their Monologues Are (Partly) Their Own". The New York Times . Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  9. Rose, Corey Antonio. "A Sit-Down With N'yomi Stewart, Ballroom's Princess of the Pier". INTO. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  10. Abrams, Leah (2025-09-22). "The Women of 'Prince Faggot' Take Center Stage". Vogue. Retrieved 2025-09-26.