Ashley Adelman (Book Club and Interviewing Facilitator) received her BFA from NYU TISCH and her MFA from The Actor’s Studio Drama School at Pace University. Her play, In Their Footsteps, based on the oral histories Ms. Adelman conducted of five American women who served in the Vietnam War is published by Smith Scripts, has been produced in Italy, Scotland, Australia and all around the United States. Her newest work uses six interviews of women archaeologists who uncovered a new hominid species in South Africa. This new piece will be an immersive documentary play currently in workshop. She is the founder of the not for profit theatre company, Infinite Variety Productions, a resident artist at Frigid NYC and resident director at The Sedona Arts Academy. Her writing and her directing focuses on historical works that can give an audience not just a production but an experience. To learn more about her company visitwww.infinitevarietynyc.org. In her spare time she trains in martial arts, currently a third degree black belt.