Ifa Bayeza

Ifa Bayeza (born Wanda Williams) is a playwright, producer, and conceptual theater artist. She wrote the play The Ballad of Emmett Till, which earned her the Edgar Award for Best Play in 2009. She is the sister of Ntozake Shange, and directed Shange's A Photograph: Lovers in Motion, which was a part of the Negro Ensemble Company's 2015 Year of the Woman Play Reading Series in New York City.

Ifa Bayeza
Born
Wanda Williams

Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Occupation(s)Plawright, author, producer, stage director
Years active2000–present
RelativesNtozake Shange (sister)
Bisa Williams (sister)
Awards
  • 2010 Backstage Garland Award for Best Playwriting
  • 2009 Edgar Award For Best Play
  • 2007 Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference fellowship.
  • Fellowships: 2003 Arna Bontemps Centennial Writer’s Fellowship and the Tuck School Minority Business Executive Program (MBEP)
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