TAIWO SOKAN - AEA (EMC)

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Theatre (Partial List)

As You Like It

Charles & Audrey &Jaques/D. Chris Ashley

La Jolla Playhouse

Marry Marry Quite Contrary

Taylor / D. Amanda Jensen

Paper Dolls Ensemble

Operation Wawa Road Trip

Lee / D. Joseph Ahmed

Tribe of Fools

Fly Eagles Fly

Gwen / D. Terry Brennan

Tribe of Fools

The Bluest Eye

U/S Pecola / D. Raelle Myrick-Hodges

Arden Theatre Company

All Well That Ends Well

Diana & Dumaine 2 / D. Cary Mazer

Annenberg Performing Arts

No Exit

Inez Serrano / D. Andy Hubatsek

Bloomburg Theatre Ensemble

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Judah/Ensemble D. Chad Parsons

Limelight Performing Arts Cent

Naked Knotted Neurons

Ensemble / D. Marcia Ferguson

Performing Science Players

Educational Theatre (UCSD)

The Winter's Tale

Paulina

D. Rosie Glen-Lambert

Limp Wrist on the Lever

Anita

D. Rosie Glen-Lambert

In The Red and Brown Water

Aunt Elegua

D. Cambria Herrera

Twelfth Night

Viola

D. Cambria Herrera

Town Hall

A

D. Cambria Herrera

Film/TV/Voicework

Feature Film: Antarctica

Extra

D. Keith Bearden

Short Film: Apartment 3R

Therapist/Co-Producer

D. Claris Park

Short Film: Pandemic Bread

Extra

D. Zeinabu Davis

VO: Farside

Pam & Pam II

D. Joan Sergey

VO:: Drum Run

Officer Delacroix

D. Corey Senn & Armahut Media

Podcast: Disney Deviants

Host

D. Taiwo Sokan & Adaeze Nwoko

Music Video: R & H Goes Pop!: Some Enchanted Evening

Extra

D. Michael Arden

Readings & Workshops

All The Men Who Frightened Me

Carrie

La Jolla Playhouse DNA Series

End Days

Tiffany

Wagner New Play Festival

Exquisite Potential

Laura

Alliance for Jewish Theatre

Child Like

Mariah Leibowitz

Philly Performing Artists

Education & Training

University of California, San Diego - M.F.A in Acting (2023)

Acting

Richard Robichaux

Marco Baricelli

Voice

Ursula Meyer

Movement

Stephen Buescher

Tribe of Fools

Basic Acrobatics

Circus

Thicker Than

Jillian/ D. Lamar Perry

Taiwo Sokan is a proud Naija gyal in the acting world. She holds a BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Pennsylvania. She has worked extensively in Philadelphia as an actor, stage manager, and theatre technician, but moved to San Diego in 2020 to get her MFA at the University of California, San Diego and graduate in the Spring of 2023. Selected credits include Regional: As You Like It (La Jolla Playhouse), The Bluest Eye (Arden Theatre Company), Marry Marry Quite Contrary (Paper Dolls Ensemble)

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 5'6"

Weight:

Badminton, Baton Twirling, Combat - Stage, Cycling, Ice Skating, Jump Rope, Rock Climber, Roller Skating, Rollerblading, Running - Sprint, Segway, Swimming - ability - general, Swimming - backstroke, Swimming - breast stroke, Swimming - freestyle, Tennis, Volleyball, Weight Lifting, Yoga, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Singer, Violin, Vocal Range: Alto, Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano, Vocal Style: Belt, Vocal Style: Legit, Voiceover, Whistler, African Accent, American - Minnesota Accent, British - BBC English Accent