About me
Ingrid De Sanctis teaches playwriting at James Madison University in VA. She earned the Distinguished Teacher Award in 2020. At JMU she teaches playwriting and acting classes and is a director. Most recently she directed Dance Nation at JMU. She is director of Madison New Works Lab and the New Play Development Workshop, a showcase of ten-minute plays. Some of her plays are on such topics as refugees in the Balkans (Torba), survivors of violent crime (A Body in Motion), and a young woman living with—not dying from---cancer (Sarah and the Dinosaur). Her play, Stained Glass, was awarded Best New Play in Dayton, OH and semifinalist for the Eugene O’Neill Playwriting Festival in 2019 and was adapted into a one woman show, the things I forgot. Ingrid is an actor, director and playwright pursuing projects that reflect stories of transformation and grace.