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Sharon Bridgforth is the Lambda Award-winning author of "the bull-jean stories" (RedBone Press), and "love conjure/blues," a performance/novel published by RedBone Press. The premiere performance of "love conjure/blues" was produced by The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for African & African American Studies. Bridgforth is an Alpert Award Nominee in the Arts in Theatre; her work has been presented nationally at venues, including: The Madame Walker Theatre Center, Indianapolis, IN; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, Walhalla, MI; and Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA. Bridgforth has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts Commissioning Program; The National Endowment for the Arts/Theatre Communications Group Playwright in Residence Program; and the Rockefeller Foundation Multi-Arts Production Fund Award.

Bridgforth has developed an innovative style of teaching creative writing that she calls Finding Voice. Bridgforth has facilitated the Finding Voice method as part of long-term residency programming for institutions around the country, including The Austin Project (sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for African & African American Studies); Hamilton College, Clinton, NY; and the Austin Latina/Latino Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Organization (ALLGO), Austin, TX. Bridgforth is executive producer of the Finding Voice Radio Show, funded by the Funding Exchange/The Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media.

For more information go to www.sharonbridgforth.com.