Author: Ashley Thomas

Ashley M. Thomas, she/her(s)/herself, was born and raised in Harlem, New York. A writer and dramaturg—she is interested in exploring the intersections of culture, politics, and Beyoncé through a Black feminist lens. She’s dramaturged classical works, plays in development, and solo shows through organizations such as Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and National Queer Theatre. She has been published in Theater magazine and Jabberwock Review. Ashley is a proud alumna of the First Wave Urban Arts Scholarship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she graduated with her Bachelor of Social Work. She graduated with her MFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism from Yale School of Drama.