Monah Yancy

Monah Yancy is an actress and writer originally from Trenton, NJ. She studied and received her B.A. in Theatre Arts from Texas Woman’s University. Although Monah’s first love is acting, writing soon became a great passion of hers which began in 2016 when she wrote her first monologue called SKIN for an all woman’s festival. And so it began, her theatre credits include the role of (Case Study 7) in Siren Songs at Theatre Oblivion; (Chimene) in CAGED at The Passage Theatre Company; (Adventure Guide) in Suds at The Actors Fund Arts Center in Brooklyn, NY in conjunction with Bluelaces Theatre; (Sarah Siddons) in The Actor’s Nightmare at interACT Theatre; and (Vivian) in Forever Hold Your Peace at Primary Stages/E.S.P.A. Monah earned her B.A. in Theatre Arts from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX in 1999. In 2001, she bought a one-way ticket to Philadelphia with the intentions to begin her acting career. The universe had many great adventures in mind for her and she has been on a journey like no other, to say the least. Currently Monah is writing a collection of monologues for her upcoming book titled ‘The Monahlogues’, catchy right? In the spring, she will debut her first short play called ‘Pepper Soup’ about five Liberian girlfriends who go through what you expect girlfriends to experience and then some but with that Liberian flare! Stay tuned. Monah thanks the incredible actors for their time, love and energy working on these monahlogues as well as Margie, Dunya and The Stand By For Places family for the amazing opportunity. She thanks her family and friends for their incredible support always.