Torie Wiggins (she/her) is an actor, director, voiceover artist, playwright and professor based in Cincinnati, Ohio. WAM Theatre: debut as Charlene Mitchell in Letters to Kamala. Selected theatre credits: She has co-adapted and performed a one woman show, Your Negro Tour Guide, at various venues across the country. Collapse, Afghan Women Writers Project, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Know Theatre of Cincinnati); The Mountaintop, Violet and His Eye is on The Sparrow (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati); Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 by Anna Deveare Smith (Diogenes Theatre Co); Mame, and Crowns (Human Race Theatre Co.) and A Raisin in the Sun and Fences (Cincinnati Shakespeare Co.) She appeared in To Kill a Mockingbird with both Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Film work includes: A Christmas Melody, starring and directed by Mariah Carey; The Old Man and the Gun with Robert Redford and Danny Glover. Directing credits: We Are Proud to Present…and Good Kids at Miami University, Dreamgirls and Proof at The Carnegie Theater, and Blues for an Alabama Sky at Falcon Theatre. Selected training: graduate of the University of Cincinnati (CCM) with a BFA in Dramatic Performance. She has over 20 hours of training in Intimacy Choreography and is a member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Creative inspiration: She is inspired to continue to root her work in uplifting BIPOC voices, and building her company, WellArts Cincinnati, which combines wellness in pursuing development in the arts. Final Word: “Those that don’t got it, can’t show it. Those that got it, can’t hide it.” – Zora Neale Hurston. Connect: www.toriewiggins.com