Arminda Thomas (she/her) is a dramaturg, director, and archivist. She is a resident dramaturg and producing member of CLASSIX, and a resident dramaturg/curator for New Perspectives Theatre’s On Her Shoulders reading series. She has served as associate artistic director and resident dramaturg for the Going to the River Festival and Writer’s Unit and as archivist and literary manager for Dee-Davis Enterprises, where she was an executive producer for the Grammy-awarded audiobook, “With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together,” and consultant for the film Life’s Essentials with Ruby Dee. As a dramaturg, she has worked with various theatres, including New Perspectives, Theatre for a New Audience, Baltimore Center Stage, New Federal Theatre, Classical Theatre of Harlem, and Signature Theatre.

SELECTED WORK
The Renaissance Mixtape by Soul Science Lab; directed by Awoye Timpo; Apollo Victoria Theatre (world premiere production)

Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress; directed by Christopher Betts; Hartford Stage (production)

Wedding Band by Alice Childress; directed by Sam White; Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Canadian premiere)

- The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window by Lorraine Hansberry; directed by Anne Kauffman (Broadway and BAM)

-Wedding Band by Alice Childress; directed by Awoye Timpo; Theatre for a New Audience (production)