Ted and Company

Ingrid De Sanctis currently works as an actor, director, and playwright.  Most recently she taught for two years in the theatre department at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA.  She is Artistic Director of Fifth Wall Productions, LLC, and a theatre artist seeking work in theatre that is transforming for the soul and spirit.  Presently she is developing and producing a new script entitled, Sarah and the Dinosaur, to be premiered early 2012.

Following her graduate work in theatre, she taught for five years at Eastern Mennonite University and Clemson University and then spent four years as an associate director of drama at Willow Creek Community Church.  There she worked creating, performing, and directing drama and empowering churches across the world to incorporate the arts into their services.  She continues to consult with and write for churches as they explore drama.  Ingrid has worked with Ted & Company writing, directing, and acting in DoveTale and directing I’d Like to Buy an Enemy and What Would Lloyd Do? Her recent work with Ted & Company includes co-writing and acting in Excellent Trouble, a play about relationships between men and women in the Bible, directing What’s so Funny about Money? and Laughter and Lament, and creating a new show, Holy Surprises, with Jeff Raught.

Continually drawn to work in theatre that responds to the needs of the culture, Ingrid served with AmeriCorps from 2006-07, in Apopka, FL, using the arts for empowerment with young Hispanic students and their families.  She has received writing grants, allowing her to create edgy, challenging plays on such topics as refugees in the Balkans (Torba), survivors of violent crime (A Body in Motion), and stories of faith created with inner city youth (WhaChaGonnaDu?). She is moved by stories of transcendence and resilience and continually amazed how the arts expand our hearts and minds.