I’m Felicia.

I’m a Chicago-based actor and playwright. I graduated from Northwestern University in June 2020 with a BA in Theatre and modules in Playwriting and Acting for the Screen. In my time striving and thriving at Northwestern, I was a student supervisor at the Religious and Spiritual Life Office, a member of Afrothunda Dance Troupe, and was involved in several plays, musicals, student films, and new work productions. I also had the privilege of spending two months abroad in the Dominican Republic where I interned with an NGO, gained a second family, and was introduced to the treasure that is jugo de chinola.

I’m originally from Hillside, Illinois where I grew up with my parents and older sister. As a leo and the youngest member of my family, I always had a flare for the dramatic. As a bookworm and avid watcher of TV, I developed a love for creating stories and complex characters. As a proud daughter of Nigerian immigrants, I learned to try my best to give my best no matter what I do. Thank God I found a career that lends itself to putting all those things to good use!

When I’m not performing or writing, you can find me eating too many cookies, sending long voice notes to my friends, and shopping for a new deep conditioner that I probably don’t need.

 

“[Felicia Oduh] has her finger on the pulse of what’s important artistically, dramatically, politically, and socially. I’m very excited about this new voice in American theatre.”

- Harry Lennix, Mercy post-reading Q&A at Northlight Theatre

“Ms. Oduh owns what seems to be at least half the dialogue in Act I. She nails every line with passion, veering seamlessly from raw anger to cold political realism to feelings of fealty and friendship…”

— Wendi Kromash, Evanston RoundTable review for Julius Caesar