TAIWO SOKAN
- AEA (EMC)
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Theatre (Partial List) | ||
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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 |
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Movement |
Stephen Buescher |
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Tribe of Fools | ||
Basic Acrobatics |
Circus |
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Thicker Than |
Jillian/ D. Lamar Perry |
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Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'6" |
Weight: |
Eyes: Brown |
Hair Color: Black |
Hair Length: Shoulder Length |
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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
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)