India Nicole Burton (she/her/hers)

India Nicole Burton is a Chicago director, playwright, devisor and producer. She is a native of Akron, OH. She received her MFA in creative writing from The University of Nebraska-Omaha in 2022. India is a two-year recipient of the National New Play Network (NNPN) Producer in Residence program and a 2021 recipient of the NNPN Bridge Program Grant Award. She also received a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere for her Choreopoem entitled Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation. Panther Women was also Jeff recommended in Chicago 2023. It received two nominations for The Black excellence awards Chicago. India was a cast member of American Dreams, which was nominated for a Drama League Award in 2021. She was also a Room in the house 2021/22 Fellow at The Karamu House inc. India is currently residing in Chicago, where she is the associate producer of new work at Pegasus Theatre. a Playwriting Teacher for Court Theatre and the MEH Lewis Scholar at Chicago Dramatists.