James Scruggs is an artist creating topical theatre. He was recently commissioned by The Perelman Arts Center to write a Truth and Reconciliation piece. This piece will be performed virtually online via HERE Arts Center in association with CultureHub on March 23, 2024. He was also recently awarded an NPN Creation Fund Grant for OFF THE RECORD: Acts of Restorative Justice to be performed in NYC, Boston and Tampa. Another component of this work will be criminal record sealing clinics His 3/Fifths SupremacyLand (2017) was an interactive piece exploring racism for which he was awarded a 2015 MAP Grant and a 2016 Creative Capital Grant. His Trapped in a Traveling Minstrel Show (2017), received an Elliot Norton Award. He has a BFA in film from School of Visual Arts.