Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed & Unbowed

SAG/AFTRA; DRAMATISTS GUILD
Ingrid Griffith is a New York City based actor and the creator and performer of Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed & Unbowed, a one-woman show about the life and times of the political pioneer/social justice activist, Shirley Anita (St. Hill) Chisholm.

Ingrid has been touring “Unbossed & Unbowed” across the country. She is determined that Shirley Chisholm’s message of the importance of community, political involvement and personal initiative reaches audiences of all ages, especially Shirley Chisholm’s Brooklyn community and especially in this election year. Unbossed & Unbowed is a grass roots effort
that relies on organizations aligned with Shirley Chisholm’s vision to bring about positive change and Ingrid is thankful to the team at BRIC for making today’s event happen!

Ingrid Griffith’s one-woman show, Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed & Unbowed, won Outstanding Playwriting Award at the Hear Her Call Caribbean American Women’s Playwriting Festival (2020). She received a Danny Glover Power of Dream Award (2022), a Guyana Cultural Award for her work’s originality, scope, impact, influence, and her pioneering spirit (2023). Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed & Unbowed won the Suzi Bass Award for Outstanding Production about Social Justice (produced by Out of Hand Theater in Atlanta, GA) and Ingrid Griffith was
Nominated Outstanding Principal Performer in a Play (2023).

Ingrid Griffith is also known for her award-winning solo show, Demerara Gold, about a Guyanese girl’s coming-to-America story that addresses what she and her family gained and
lost. (demeraragoldtheshow.com). Griffith has been in off-broadway and regional stage productions in classical and contemporary roles. Some of her favorites are Lady Reveller in The Basset Table by Susanna Centlivre, Mrs.Muller in John Patrick Shanley's “Doubt”, Hedda Gabler in Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler”, Ruth Younger in Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun”, Mama Nadi in “Ruined” by Lynn Nottage and Elaine Brown in Anna Deavere Smith’s “Twilight: Los Angeles”.
Ingrid is delighted to be performing Shirley Chisholm’s story at BRIC in Brooklyn, NY. She hopes that Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed & Unbowed will encourage more people to register and vote this November.