Lisa Biggs, Ph.D., is a playwright, actor, and performance studies scholar originally from Chicago. Her original plays have been produced at the National Black Theatre Festival, Links Hall, Shadowbox Theatre, Cultural Odyssey, the NY Hip Hop Theatre Fest, DC Arts Center, and the Baltimore Theatre Project. Her acting credits include productions at the Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Living Stage Theatre Company, ETA Creative Arts Foundation, Woolly Mammoth, and Lookingglass Theatre. In addition to her artistic work, Lisa is the author of the award-winning book, The Healing Stage: Black Women, Incarceration, and the Art of Transformation (Ohio State University Press, 2022). Her artistry and scholarship have been supported by grants and fellowships including from the Knight Foundation, Ellen Stone Belic Foundation, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Lisa currently serves as an associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies at Brown University.