Brittney S. Harris

Brittney S. Harris was born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia. She holds an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Georgia and a B.F.A in Acting from Old Dominion University. She is an Assistant Professor of Theatre in the Department of Communication and Theatre Arts at Old Dominion University. Brittney's creative research efforts are supported and documented by the practices of PaR (Performance as Research). Her areas of expertise are in Race and Performance, Theatre for Social Change, and performative community-engaged programming. She recently wrapped an independent filmed theatre production of her one-woman show 'Pedigree'. Brittney workshops and tours her two solo performance projects, The Intersection: The Sandra Bland Project and Being B.A.D.; each project explores the adverse effects of violence in social media on the personal psyche and how narrative-based storytelling is used as a vessel for social resilience and redemption. Other Film/Television Credits: Precinct 757, Letter of Fear: A (Indie), Bad Service (Indie), 22:42 (Indie), Miracle of the Murders (Short); I Dated a Psycho, F.B.I. Criminal Pursuit, Wicked Attraction, and The Bureau. Theatre Credits (limited): Ruth in A Raisin in the Sun (Keep the Change Productions); Marjorie in Extremities (Iron Street Productions); Fraction of Light and Raising Awareness/ Raising Hope (Venue on 35th Street Theatre); Portia/ Calpurnia in Julius Caesar (Virginia Stage Company Internship); Chaos in the House (Williamsburg Theater); and Lady in Purple in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf (Hodges Theater) New Media Credits: When An Actor Gets Bored (YouTube Series), Dollar Tree International, and Thomas Nelson Community College Online.