Ina Norris is an American playwright, poet, producer, mentor, and educator.
She has worked as the Director for the Performing Arts at the Learning Tree Preparatory School in The Bronx, New York.
"[5] Norris produced and wrote the play A Secret Lies Inside My Sister's Womb which made its debut at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Her third play Ain't Yo Mama Crying On The Pancake Box-Car, for which she was awarded a Gregory Millard New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, debuted at the Henry Street Settlement Playhouse in New York City.
[citation needed] She produced The Turnstyle Warrior, which debuted at the American Theater for Actors and was also performed at the Negro Ensemble Company, and hosted by Broadway producer Danny Simmons of Rush Philanthropic.