Patricia Ione Lloyd Ione is part of the Smithsonian Griot Project and Folk Life Archive for the Library of Congress Audio Interviews. She is an Inktank playwright lab member. This summer she was a resident playwright in Tanzania with the International Theatre and Literacy Project. She was a 2010 playwright in residence at Brown University, a 2010 playwright in residence for the Women's Lab New Perspectives Theatre in New York, and a 2009 playwright in residence at the University of Mumbai, India. She has been a resident playwright with the Theatre Development Fund for three years. Ione received New Professional Theatre's Emerging Playwright Award for her play, Black Tale. Contact Info: [email protected]