IONE is an Kingston, NY author, director and performer whose works include the critically acclaimed memoir, Pride of Family Four Generations of American Women of Color, and Listening in Dreams and This is a Dream!

She is the playwright and director with her creative partner and spouse, Pauline Oliveros of several large theater works including Njinga the Queen King; The Return of a Warrior (premiered at BAM’s Next Wave Festival), The Nubian Word for Flowers; A Phantom Opera, "a deep dream exploration of Nubian Soul and the Colonial Mind," premiered at Roulette Intermedium, NY and the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, the Dance Opera Io and Her and the Trouble with Him, and The Lunar Opera-Deep Listening For tunes. The two performed internationally as a duo (The Horns of Hathor) and currently IONE disseminates Oliveros’ works worldwi ...