A Doris Duke Performing Artist, Sharon Bridgforth is a writer that creates ritual/jazz theatre. A New Dramatists alumnae, Sharon has received support from Whitman Institute, Creative Capital, MAP Fund, and the National Performance Network. Widely published, her work has been featured at: New York’s SummerStage Festival; Rites and Reason Theatre’s Black Lavender Experience at Brown University; allgo, a Texas Statewide QPOC Organization; Pillsbury House Theatre; Links Hall; Northwestern University; and The John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies at UT Austin. Sharon is host of the, "Who Yo People Is" podcast and is a 2020-2021 Playwrights' Center Core Member. More at: sharonbridgforth.com