Priscilla Abrafi Krahn is a writer and producer from South London with Ghanaian heritage, writing under-represented stories typically centred around community, culture and connections. She is passionate about using storytelling as a medium to address societal questions and providing a communal space for people to delve into brand new worlds.

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Priscilla is an alumna of Soho Theatre Writers Lab and the Royal Court Theatre Introduction to Playwriting Group. She debuted her first full-length production at Theatre Peckham Fringe Festival in May 2024 and has had sharings of extracts of her work at wider London venues, including Theatre Deli, Duke of York’s Theatre, Lion and Unicorn Theatre and Omnibus Theatre. She has also workshopped her plays at Blue Elephant Theatre and Young Vic Theatre. Her work has been shortlisted for the Alpine Fellowship Theatre Prize 2026, Theatre503 International Playwriting Award 2024/25, Women in Theatre Lab UK 2024, and Off/Stage The Theatre Black List 2024.

 

For screen, Priscilla has completed development programmes with Elysium Pictures, Seven Black Women, and The Victor Adebodun Foundation. She has been shortlisted for Slick Films First Time Filmmaker Fund 2025 and Grey Moth Originals Short Film Fund 2021.

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Outside of creating for theatre and screen, Priscilla enjoys visiting art galleries around the world and writing poetry. Her poetry has been featured on BBC Radio London and the Royal Society of Literature’s newspaper. She is an alumna of the HarperCollins Author Academy 2021.