Sonya Joyner
Actor, Boston, MA
ANNOUNCEMENTS/NEWS!!
9.10.22 - LOVE UNDONE goes into production for Season 2! New characters, new locations and lots of messy drama. For those of you following since Unconditional Love, there are a few surprises coming. See all of the new changes in Juanita's life. Will the relationships from season 1 weather the storms of season 2?
I am once again both Lead Actor, Director and Producer.
7.31.21 - I won Best Actress in the Vesuvius International Film Fest for my role as Gloria Michaels in "What Happened at the Veterans Home?" I am honored and thankful, both for the opportunity provided by Laura Wetzler and for the recognition by VIFF!
August 2021 - After a years delay, The Capital City Web Awards are back! They have blessed Season 3 of Unconditional Love with 9 nominations!! The ceremony is August 25, 2021
November & December 2019 - brought more accolades for Unconditional Loves final season! We became a Semi-Finalist at Los Angeles Cinefest and we received The Michael Ajakwe, Jr Achievement Award from the Asia Web Awards!!
Fall 2022 - Last fall (2020) I shot a film by first-time filmmaker Laura Wetzler called "What Happened at the Veterans Home?". It screened at both The Boston International Film Festival and The Massachusetts Independent Film Festival this past spring. The film continues to be selected by many festivals and continues to win awards. I am very proud to be part of this impactful film.
3.22.19 - What a great way to start the weekend!! "Unconditional Love" has 60K Channel Views!! Thank you for supporting us. #BingeUL
2021 - Red Sage Stories, Playback Theatre & Art for Social Change, has continued to flourish and provide service during these Covid Times. We have successfully done trainings and performances on Zoom. We worked with a group of young ladies in Nigeria, and taught them Playback Theatre as well as general theatre skills. They created two performance pieces for the Annual International Children's Theatre Festival in May. We also completed our "Store-d Stories" project. It aired on Boston Neighborhood Network during the months of June and July. Currently RSS is on a summer break. We plan to come back together in the fall.
2.12.19 - "Unconditional Love" has officially received Honorable Mention for Best LGBTQ Film for January, from the Oniros Film Festival!!!!! We return from our winter hiatus March 14, 2019
1.2.19 - I'm so excited to announce that "Unconditional Love" has reached 50,000 YouTube Channel Views! We have doubled our viewership since exactly 1 year ago!! Thank you for watching, supporting, sharing and commenting!! Subscribe to the "Unconditional Love" Series page on YouTube and enjoy.
11.4.18 - "Unconditional Love" will officially wrap its last day of shooting. Season 3 is its final season! Watch the trailer here, which includes scenes from my film directorial debut!
8.17.19 - I'm so excited to announce that "Unconditional Love" was honored with 7 nods at the 1st Annual Capital City Web Awards in Washington, DC. We took home awards for Best Lead Actor and Best Director!!
2.26.18 - I just completed 2 workshops on editing in Adobe Premiere. Trying to learn some things about the other side of the camera.......
7.23.16 - I was awarded The Community Players (Pawtucket, RI) Gregson Award for my potrayal of Mrs Muller in "Doubt, A Parable"!!
7.7.16 - I was nominated for a Motif Magazine Theatre Award for Best Supporting Female in a Community Theatre Production for my potrayal
of Mrs Muller in "Doubt, A Parable"!!
7.26.18 - "Unconditional Love" has officially received the Best LGBTQ Flim Award for July, from the Festigious International Film Festival!!!!!
6.12.18 - "Unconditional Love" has won BIG in Rome!! THREE LGBT Category Wins: Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, Best Trailer; TWO Special Category Wins: Best Kiss and BEST WEB SOAP and ONE Excellence Category Win: Best Season!!!! Thank you ROME WEB AWARDS!!!
3.25.18 - "Unconditional Love" has gone International!! We received 20 award nominations!!!!
February 2018 - ITALY LOVES "Unconditional Love"
11.7.17 - "Unconditional Love" has been selected by the Los Angeles CineFest Film Festival for a second year!!
5.7.17 - Award winning "Unconditional Love" was featured on bestseries.net!!
5.8.17 - "Unconditional Love" won TWO Awards of Merit (Series & Lead Actor) at The IndieFest Film Awards!!!