Arminda Thomas is associate artistic director and resident dramaturg for the Going to the River Festival and Writer’s Unit. Recent dramaturgy credits include Jazz(Baltimore Center Stage); Wine in the Wilderness (New Perspectives); Baton (Premiere Stage); Zora Neale Hurston (New Federal Theatre); The First Noel (Classical Theatre of Harlem); and Soul Struggle: The Works of Georgia Douglas Johnson (New Perspectives). Writing/adaptation credits include Shakespeare’s Women (Hattiloo Theatre, Memphis). She holds an MFA in dramaturgy and script development from Columbia University.