Debra Ann Byrd: "For she had eyes.."
Debra Ann Byrd is an award winning, Afro-Latina fifth generation Harlem resident who recently won an Outstanding Achievement Award from AUDELCO for her portrayal of the title character in the all-female multiracial mainstage production of Shakespeare’s OTHELLO: The Moor of Venice. This celebrated actor, producer, arts manager, and business leader is the founder and Producing Artistic Director of TWASInc. and the Harlem Shakespeare Festival, where she has guided the company's growth from its birth as the passionate dream of one determined woman, into a viable support organization serving classically trained artists of color and theater arts groups throughout New York.