Sharon Bridgforth, a resident playwright at New Dramatists since 2009, is a writer working in the Theatrical Jazz Aesthetic. Her piece, blood pudding, was produced in the 2010 New York SummerStage Festival. She is the 2010 – 2012 Visiting Multicultural Faculty member at The Theatre School at DePaul University. 2009 Mellon Artist In-Residence in The Department of Performance Studies at Northwestern University.  For more information, visit http://sharonbridgforth.com/s/

4:30-5:30pm

Refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, African American Studies, American Studies, Department of English, Gender and Women's Studies, Martin Luther King, Jr. Center, and the Office of the Vice President for Diversity.