Lilian Oben

LILIAN OBEN (Regine/Elise) is a Cameroonian-American actor, writer, and storyteller based in New York City. Select theatre credits include: Nine Night (Round House Theatre; U.S. premiere of the hit 2018 debut play by Natasha Gordon, the first female Black British playwright to be produced in the West End); Intimate Apparel (Orlando Shakespeare Company); Murder on the Orient Express (Everyman Theatre); The Crucible (Olney Theatre); The Second Shepherds’ Play (Folger Theatre); Antigonick (Taffety Punk Theatre Company); Melancholy Play: A Contemporary Farce (2019 Helen Award – Outstanding Production; 2019 Helen Nomination – Outstanding Ensemble), The Skin of Our Teeth, The Arabian Nights, and Journey to the West (Constellation Theatre Company); Love and Information (Forum Theatre).  Select Film/TV: The Noel Diaries (Netflix). Presenter/ storyteller credits include: The Other America: An MLK Jr. Celebration (Washington National Cathedral, DC); Zeitgeist Literature Festivals: Insiders & Outsiders 2018; Queer as Volk 2017 (Embassy of Switzerland, DC); and Mayim b’Sasson: A Joyful Mikvah Rededication (Adas Israel Congregation, DC). Writer credits: Lilian’s poetry, short fiction, and creative non-fiction has appeared in The New York Times (“Modern Love” — print edition 2017, podcast edition 2020), and in online literary journals such as Spittoon Magazine, Thrice Fiction, Symmetry Pebbles, Survivor’s Review, and Some Ways to Disappear, among others. As a playwright, Lilian’s short plays include AETHER and NOW CASTING (Keegan Theatre, “Womxn on Fire Festival”, 2020 and 2019). LilianOben.com