Stanice
Anderson is an author and inspirational speaker. She has two
published nonfiction books, I Say A Prayer for Me: One Woman's Life
of Faith and Triumph and 12-STEP Programs: A Resource Guide
for Helping Professionals. In between her speaking at different
venues, singing and writing, she conducts workshops and readies her
one woman show Walkin' On Water When The Ground Ain't Enuf,
adapted from I Say A Prayer for Me. This out-of-the-box one-woman
experience premiered for the stage in January 2007. http://www.stanice.com/
Pamela
G. Armstrong-deVreeze is an international BWPG member who currently
lives and works in the Netherlands. She is an actress, media trainer,
and playwright who enjoys writing about life between two cultures. She
has studied with Ernie Joselovitz (Playwright's Forum), and Professor
Vera Katz from Howard University. Pamela's play, Miles To Go
was last seen in BWPG's 2007 Annual Reading. She is currently writing
a book of essays about her life as an expatriate mother living in the
Netherlands.
Jennifer
Ashburn is currently adapting for the stage, My Soul's
Been Anchored by H. Beecher Hicks, Jr., pastor of Metropolitan
Baptist Church in Washington, DC. Jennifer is pleased to have an excerpt
of My Soul's Been Anchored included in the 2008 Annual Reading.
Her monologue for The Katrina Project was performed at the
Bureau of National Affairs Black History Program. She is a veteran teacher
in the Fairfax County School system and an instructor for the Northern
Virginia Writing Project at George Mason University.
Sheritha
Bowman is an author, playwright and former pastor. She has
published four non-fiction books including, Diary of a Woman
Pastor and Soul Inspiration for Women Married
to Unbelievers, an account of her encouraging testimony
which has been featured in Essence Magazine. She is the founder of the
Soul Inspiration Theatre Company through which she has written and directed
several plays including, Girl Talk, a production
that deals with the issues of color, self-love, and sexuality. Sheritha's
desire is to continue to pen books and scripts that reflect God's redeeming
love, joy and faithfulness. www.sherithabowman.com
Betty
Miller Buttram has had three of her works included in BWPG's
Annual Staged Readings. Her monologue, Where I'm From, was
included in 2004 and later performed at the New York Theatre Workshop
in 2005. An excerpt from the play, Picking up the Pieces, was
included in both the Annual Reading and at the Kennedy Center's Page
to Stage New Play Festival in 2005. In 2007, an excerpt of Ask Me
No Questions was included in the Annual Reading. Her novel, Cleo
Lies, will be published in September 2008.
Joy
Hunter Carroll is a graduate of Howard University's School
of Radio, TV and Film. She has worked as a technical writer, journalist,
scriptwriter, and producer for television and the private sector with
organizations such as BET, PBS, and America's Black Forum. She is currently
completing her one-act play Running Interference, a drama about
a woman's talents' struggle to be heard. An excerpt of her new play,
Neighborhood Watch, will be included in the 2008 Annual Reading.
Karen
James Cody is a business writer and public relations professional,
with a background that includes strategic planning, media relations,
marketing, graphic design, project management, environmental technical
writing, and academic and technical editing. In her "spare"
time, she writes and edits fiction. She holds a bachelor's degree in
political science from San Francisco State University and currently
lives in Takoma Park, Maryland with her two daughters. She has written
Insurance, which was in DNA: Drama, Nuance, Attitude
in 2004.
Patricia
Crews Patricia Crews has written Color my World at Will,
which was performed as part of the 2004 BWPG Annual Staged Reading and
fully produced by Serenity Players and The American Cancer Society.
She also co-wrote the play Who Does the Time, which was commissioned
by Hope House, a nonprofit organization that serves children of incarcerated
parents. The play was performed for the Black Caucus annual convention,
Washington, D.C. Convention Center 2004. Her monologue, My Babies'
Daddy, was performed at the Kennedy Center as part of their Annual
Page to Stage Festival in 2005.
e.
christi cunningham is a Professor and Director of Legal Writing
at the Howard University School of Law. She received her B.A. and B.S.
from Southern Methodist University and J.D. from Yale Law School. Her
monologue Runs in the Family was produced for over 18 shows
as part of the BWPG production of DNA: Drama, Nuance, Attitude in 2004
and produced "Off Broadway" in the New York Theatre Workshop's Monday
@ 3 Reading Series in 2005. She believes in God's presence in all living
things, and a divine order of life.
Karen
L.B. Evans is President and Founder of the Black Women Playwrights'
Group. She has received Individual Fellowships in Playwriting from both
the National Endowment for the Arts and the DC Commission on the Arts
& Humanities. She was a Helen Hayes nominee for "Outstanding New Play"
as well as a Sundance Institute finalist. Ms. Evans participated in
the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights' Conference. Ms. Evans is also
a recipient of the John F. Kennedy Center "Front & Center Award," for
her play, Homegirls.
Vickie L. Evans is a playwright, producer, minister,
an author and entrepreneur. She is the founder and president of Soaring
High Productions, a faith-based talent promotion agency. Vickie has
two books to her credit: The Art of Forgiving
and Know Your Worth! Overcoming the Dragon Of Low Self Esteem!
She has written, directed, and produced several stage plays and her
latest, A Change Is Gonna Come, raises the
awareness of the severity of domestic violence. For more information
about Soaring High Productions, visit website www.forgiven2.com.
Louise
V. Gray's BWPG productions include I Killed Sapphire,
A New Song, and Happy Birthday plus Greens
(The Inner Circle Repertory Theatre) and My Grandmother Was An Indian
(DC and NYC). In 2005, Tea Leaves, performed at The Source
Theatre Festival and The John F. Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts.
Current projects include a memoir, Love Is Like Pickled Pig
Feet and a new play, Where Did Jennifer Lopez Get Her Butt?
A graduate of Columbia University, Gray is the founder of the Chocolate
City Library.
Debbie
M. Jackson is a freelance journalist and performer in musical
theater for 30+ years. Her scripts have been commissioned and produced
by Source Theater, throughout Washington, D.C. and New York, and she
currently writes for the online DC Theatre Reviews. She is working on
her first full-length play, Our Father's Fields.
Joy
Jones is a lecturer, poet and playwright. Her one-act, A
Musical Level of Pain, has had several productions. Her play, Outdoor
Recess, won the Promising Playwrights' Competition by the Colonial
Players in Annapolis, MD and has received two productions. She is the
author of Tambourine Moon, Between Black Women, Listening
with the Third Ear and Private Lessons: A Book of Meditations
for Teachers. http://www.joyjonesonline.com/index.html
Maria
P. Jones has authored several film scripts, plays and short
stories. Her feature length screenplay Missing Pieces took
first place in the DC Screenwriting Competition. Maria adapted Missing
Pieces for the stage and it played throughout the Washington, DC community
from 2000-2003. Maria is a writer, producer, and director for Just
Us Productions/Chronicle Visions, which creates and develops
video productions. She has been working with young people for over 15
years and dedicates her work to her own teachers and all of her students.
Merrill
D. Jones is a young writer in the District of Columbia. She
has had several short stories, poems and articles published over the
last decade. Mrs. Streeter, her first play, won the Larry Neal
Award for Dramatic Writing in 2006. Mrs. Streeter was featured
in the 2007 BWPG Annual Staged Reading.
DeJuan Mason discovered her passion for writing at an early age, creating poetry and stories to express her own unique voice. A native Washingtonian , DeJuan recently was the assistant producer of the premiere reading of "The Chittlin' Thief" by Michael Oatman at the Mocha Hut in WDC. "A single mother of two who loves God", DeJuan is a proud member of Black Women Playwrights Group of Washington, D.C. (BWPG) and African American Playwrights Exchange (AAPEX). E-mail: 1writermom@gmail.com.
Debra
Mims is an actress and writer and in June 2004, she was awarded
an Individual Artist Award for Outstanding Theatrical Solo Performance
by the Maryland State Arts Council. In the DC area, she has performed
with the Metropolitan Ebony Theatre, the Georgetown Theatre and with
Young Audiences. In addition to working as a commercial actress, Debra
currently performs and tours a one-woman show she wrote and produced,
My Grandmother Told Me, a moving tribute to African American
women from slavery to the present.
Debra
Rose has recently joined BWPG and is looking forward to writing
more dramatic scripts. Her first monologue, "MUD" is included
in DNA: Drama, Nuance, Attitude, a collection of 14 monologues
by BWPG members on the subject of DNA. She is a manager for United Airlines.
Donise Stevens was introduced to the BWPG when she performed in staged readings produced by the group in the early 1990's. Her piece EAST HELIX WEST was chosen to open DNA: Drama, Nuance, Attitude, which has received a staged reading at New York Theater Workshop. An excerpt of her piece S.P.H.B. was presented at the Kennedy Center of the Performing Art's Page to Stage Festival. Ms. Stevens is adapting a vignette about Elizabeth "Aunt Betty" Thomas, a civil war figure. For engagements call 703 836 4533 or email esinod2020@aol.com
Lois
A. Wiley is a veteran teacher of middle school math and drama
in DC Public Schools. She writes and directs educational plays for young
people. She studied educational theater and drama at the University
of London, England and is a winner of a National Endowment for the Arts
grant to study African American playwrights. Her play, Blue Black,
was produced at the Pittsburgh New Works Festival to critical acclaim.
She is a graduate of Coppin State College and Antioch College. http://loisawiley.com