Blossom Johnson

Blossom Johnson is a Diné playwright, dramaturg, teaching artist and screenwriter. She is from the Yé’ii Dine’é Táchii’nii (Giant People) clan, and her maternal grandfather is from the Deeshchíí’nii (Start of the Red Streak People) clan. She was raised by her grandmother on the very top of Dził Yijiin, Diné Bikéyah, and she’s always been surrounded by stories. When she creates, she writes for her people and the stories she writes come from memories, experiences, and family history. In her writing, she reveals truths that are hard to face but she balances the darkness with humor. Playwriting Awards: 21’, 22’ & 23 Willowtail Springs Residency, 20’-21’ AlterLab, 22’ FPF Cultural Capital Fellowship, 22’ La Lengua/ AlterTheater’s Decolonization Stories’, The Playwrights’ Center 22’-23’ Jerome Fellowship, 23’ & 24’ MSAB Creative Support for Individuals, 23’ Kilroys Web. Dramaturgy: Native Voices at the Autry, UCSB Launch Pad, PlayPenn, Urbanite Theatre, New Native Theatre and YIPAP (Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program). Panelist:  22′ Playwrights’ Center Many Voices Fellowship and the 22′ & 24’New Harmony Project. Up Next: Mixed Blood Theatre’s CollaborativeImmersive Climate Change Project 24’ -25’. She is currently the Community Engagement Associate at the Guthrie Theater. A proud member of the Dramatists Guild, and the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA). Dramaturgy MFA: Columbia University & Theater BA: ASU.