Stanice Anderson is an author and inspirational speaker. She has two published nonfiction books, I Say A Prayer for Me: One Woman's Life of Faith and Triumph and 12-STEP Programs: A Resource Guide for Helping Professionals. In between her speaking at different venues, singing and writing, she conducts workshops and readies her one woman show Walkin' On Water When The Ground Ain't Enuf, adapted from I Say A Prayer for Me. This out-of-the-box one-woman experience premiered for the stage in January 2007. http://www.stanice.com/

Pamela G. Armstrong-deVreeze is an international BWPG member who currently lives and works in the Netherlands. She is an actress, media trainer, and playwright who enjoys writing about life between two cultures. She has studied with Ernie Joselovitz (Playwright's Forum), and Professor Vera Katz from Howard University. Pamela's play, Miles To Go was last seen in BWPG's 2007 Annual Reading. She is currently writing a book of essays about her life as an expatriate mother living in the Netherlands.

Jennifer Ashburn is currently adapting for the stage, My Soul's Been Anchored by H. Beecher Hicks, Jr., pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington, DC. Jennifer is pleased to have an excerpt of My Soul's Been Anchored included in the 2008 Annual Reading. Her monologue for The Katrina Project was performed at the Bureau of National Affairs Black History Program. She is a veteran teacher in the Fairfax County School system and an instructor for the Northern Virginia Writing Project at George Mason University.

Betty Miller Buttram has had three of her works included in BWPG's Annual Staged Readings. Her monologue, Where I'm From, was included in 2004 and later performed at the New York Theatre Workshop in 2005. An excerpt from the play, Picking up the Pieces, was included in both the Annual Reading and at the Kennedy Center's Page to Stage New Play Festival in 2005. In 2007, an excerpt of Ask Me No Questions was included in the Annual Reading. Her novel, Cleo Lies, will be published in September 2008.

Joy Hunter Carroll is a graduate of Howard University's School of Radio, TV and Film. She has worked as a technical writer, journalist, scriptwriter, and producer for television and the private sector with organizations such as BET, PBS, and America's Black Forum. She is currently completing her one-act play Running Interference, a drama about a woman's talents' struggle to be heard. An excerpt of her new play, Neighborhood Watch, will be included in the 2008 Annual Reading.

Karen James Cody is a business writer and public relations professional, with a background that includes strategic planning, media relations, marketing, graphic design, project management, environmental technical writing, and academic and technical editing. In her "spare" time, she writes and edits fiction. She holds a bachelor's degree in political science from San Francisco State University and currently lives in Takoma Park, Maryland with her two daughters. She has written Insurance, which was in DNA: Drama, Nuance, Attitude in 2004.

Karen L.B. Evans is President and Founder of the Black Women Playwrights' Group. She has received Individual Fellowships in Playwriting from both the National Endowment for the Arts and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities. She was a Helen Hayes nominee for "Outstanding New Play" as well as a Sundance Institute finalist. Ms. Evans participated in the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights' Conference. Ms. Evans is also a recipient of the John F. Kennedy Center "Front & Center Award," for her play, Homegirls.

Louise V. Gray's BWPG productions include I Killed Sapphire, A New Song, and Happy Birthday plus Greens (The Inner Circle Repertory Theatre) and My Grandmother Was An Indian (DC and NYC). In 2005, Tea Leaves, performed at The Source Theatre Festival and The John F. Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. Current projects include a memoir, Love Is Like Pickled Pig Feet and a new play, Where Did Jennifer Lopez Get Her Butt? A graduate of Columbia University, Gray is the founder of the Chocolate City Library.

Debbie M. Jackson is a freelance journalist and performer in musical theater for 30+ years. Her scripts have been commissioned and produced by Source Theater, throughout Washington, D.C. and New York, and she currently writes for the online DC Theatre Reviews. She is working on her first full-length play, Our Father's Fields.

Joy Jones is a lecturer, poet and playwright. Her one-act, A Musical Level of Pain, has had several productions. Her play, Outdoor Recess, won the Promising Playwrights' Competition by the Colonial Players in Annapolis, MD and has received two productions. She is the author of Tambourine Moon, Between Black Women, Listening with the Third Ear and Private Lessons: A Book of Meditations for Teachers. http://www.joyjonesonline.com/index.html

DeJuan Mason discovered her passion for writing at an early age, creating poetry and stories to express her own unique voice. A native Washingtonian , DeJuan recently was the assistant producer of the premiere reading of "The Chittlin' Thief" by Michael Oatman at the Mocha Hut in WDC.  "A single mother of two who loves God", DeJuan is a proud member of Black Women Playwrights Group of Washington, D.C. (BWPG) and African American Playwrights Exchange (AAPEX). E-mail: 1writermom@gmail.com.

Debra Mims is an actress and writer and in June 2004, she was awarded an Individual Artist Award for Outstanding Theatrical Solo Performance by the Maryland State Arts Council. In the DC area, she has performed with the Metropolitan Ebony Theatre, the Georgetown Theatre and with Young Audiences. In addition to working as a commercial actress, Debra currently performs and tours a one-woman show she wrote and produced, My Grandmother Told Me, a moving tribute to African American women from slavery to the present.

Debra Rose has recently joined BWPG and is looking forward to writing more dramatic scripts. Her first monologue, "MUD" is included in DNA: Drama, Nuance, Attitude, a collection of 14 monologues by BWPG members on the subject of DNA. She is a manager for United Airlines.

Donise Stevens was introduced to the BWPG when she performed in staged readings produced by the group in the early 1990's. Her piece EAST HELIX WEST was chosen to open DNA: Drama, Nuance, Attitude, which has received a staged reading at New York Theater Workshop. An excerpt of her piece S.P.H.B. was presented at the Kennedy Center of the Performing Art's Page to Stage Festival. Ms. Stevens is adapting a vignette about Elizabeth "Aunt Betty" Thomas, a civil war figure. For engagements call 703 836 4533 or email esinod2020@aol.com

Lois A. Wiley is a veteran teacher of middle school math and drama in DC Public Schools. She writes and directs educational plays for young people. She studied educational theater and drama at the University of London, England and is a winner of a National Endowment for the Arts grant to study African American playwrights. Her play, Blue Black, was produced at the Pittsburgh New Works Festival to critical acclaim. She is a graduate of Coppin State College and Antioch College. http://loisawiley.com