Jacqui Singleton

Jacqui Singleton is a singer, songwriter, playwright and author. Her plays have been produced off-off Broadway, at the New Freedom Theater in Philadelphia, The University of Connecticut, Virginia Union University, and Richmond Triangle Players. She has also staged a number of productions for the Festival of Arts at Dogwood Dell and for a variety of clubs and organizations. She has lead Creative Dramatics seminars for Recreation majors at Virginia Commonwealth University and for the Virginia Recreation and Parks Society, and is the founder and President of Jera Entertainment, a new theatrical production company based in Richmond, Virginia. As a performer, Jacqui has opened for such acts as Spyra Gyra and the late blues legend Memphis Slim, and performed in venues from New York's Greenwich Village, to Madison, Wisconsin. Jacqui is also a veteran performer of the Virginia Women's Music Festival. Her first novel, Heartstone and Saber, made the long list for the John W. Tiptree, Jr. Award for Fantasy in 1995. The third installment of the trilogy--Sorryn--is planned for release in late 2003.