Ingrid Griffith

Solo Show Artist / Writer / Actor

Ingrid Griffith (SAG/AFTRA, Dramatists Guild)

Ingrid is the writer and performer of Unbossed & Unbowed, a story inspired by the life and times of the icon/trailblazer Shirley Anita (St. Hill) Chisholm.   “I’ve been moved to write and share Shirley Chisholm’s story in the hope that more people will become aware of her contributions and appreciate how her voice resonates today.”

“I’m drawn to tell stories about the immigrant experience, about being an outsider and daring to be one’s self.   I’m interested in social norms and cultural barriers that keep girls and women down, and in stories that promote and celebrate girls and women’s empowerment.”

In March 2020, Griffith participated in Conch Shell Productions Hear Her Call Caribbean American Women’s Theater Festival where she  received the  “Outstanding Playwriting That Inspires Social Change” Award for Unbossed & Unbowed.

Griffith has been in off-broadway theatrical productions in and around New York City.  Some of her favorite roles are:  Lady Reveller in the 18th century play, “The Basset Table” by Susanna Centlivre, Mrs. Muller in John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt”, Hedda Gabler in Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler”; various characters in Eve Ensler’s “Vagina Monologues”;  Elaine Brown in Anna Deavere Smith’s “Twilight:  Los Angeles”; and Mama Nadi in Lynn Nottage’s “Ruined”.   For the past five years Ingrid has been performing her award-winning and internationally- successful solo show, Demerara Gold,  about a Guyanese girl’s immigrant experience.