India Burton

India Nicole Burton is a Chicago-based director, playwright, devisor, and producer originally from Akron, Ohio. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Nebraska–Omaha and a BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Akron. A two-time National New Play Network (NNPN) Producer in Residence and 2021 NNPN Bridge Program grantee, she also received an NNPN Rolling World Premiere for her acclaimed choreopoem Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation. Burton is a part of the 24’-25’ Theatre Communications Rising Leaders Color Cohort, a Drama League Award nominee (ensemble, American Dreams), and Assistant Professor at Chicago State University Communications, Media Arts & Theatre Department.