Ingrid De Sanctis
she/her/hers
Harrisonburg, VA
Ingrid De Sanctis teaches at James Madison University where she earned the honor of the 2020 Distinctive Teacher. I
Biography

 

Ingrid De Sanctis currently teaches playwriting and acting at James Madison University (JMU) in Harrisonburg, VA.  Most recently she earned the honor of the 2020 Distinctive Teacher in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and Make your Next Move Award in 2019; recognizing faculty for outstanding efforts helping students move forward with their careers. She is active in Madison New Works Lab at JMU and director of the New Play Development Workshop, an annual showcase of ten-minute plays at the Association of Theatre in Higher Education conference.  As a playwright, she creates edgy, challenging plays 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).  With the support of two Provost grants at JMU, she completed two full length plays Hands of Clay and Walls and collaborated with composer Andrew Morrissey on the musical Lost in Wonderland developed by Pallas Theatre.  Her play, Stained Glass, was awarded Best New Play in Dayton, OH and a semifinalist for the Eugene O’Neill Playwriting Festival in 2019 and recently adapted into a one woman show entitled, the things I forgot.  Ingrid continues to work as an actor, director and playwright pursuing projects that reflect stories of transformation and grace.