Ingrid Askew is an African American actress, stage director, educator, and cultural activist, Ms. Askew lived in Cape Town South Africa for ten years and knows South African culture and society well.

 

She has run drama, storytelling, and writing programs for township youth and has hosted American artists to work with youth in the townships; she has also worked with youth in schools and community groups in the US.

 

A founding member of New World Theater ensemble at the University of Massachusetts and a founding board member the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts High School, (the only charter school devoted to the performing arts in Western New England)