The Producer and Playwright

PLAYWRIGHT
URSULA V. BATTLE

Ursula V. Battle is the Founder and CEO of Battle Stage Plays. The goals of her stage play productions are to uplift, inspire, educate, and encourage through sidesplitting comedy, riveting drama, soul-stirring singing, and powerful ministry.

Her productions, which also shed light on societal issues and struggles, have drawn sell-out audiences and rave reviews. Her many productions include Ursula V. Battle’s The Teachers’ Lounge featuring D’Atra Hicks, My Big Phat Ghetto FABULE$$ Wedding, and DisChord in The Choir: Pitch Please! Her recent work, Serenity House: From Addiction to Deliverance debuted December 2017, and was performed again at Johns Hopkins’ Turner Auditorium June 2018. The play returned August 2021 and featured National Recording Artist Shirley Murdock. The play is currently touring, with recent performance venues including Restoration Temple Apostolic Center, The Forest Park Sr. Center, The Crystal City Marriott, Winfield Community Fire Department Hall, and Redeemed Christian Church of God Mercy Court.

Battle’s first book, Serenity House: From Addiction to Deliverance was released August 2021.

Ms. Battle is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Coppin State University, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Minor in Journalism. She earned her Master’s Degree from the University of Baltimore (UB). Playwright Battle is also a graduate of the Broadcasting Institute of Maryland and Walbrook High School.

The Baltimore native is a Staff Writer for The Baltimore Times, and a former Senior Staff Writer for The Baltimore AFRO-American Newspaper, where her award-winning coverage exposed discriminatory practices in the Baltimore City Police Department and led to the promotion of several African American officers.

She is the recipient of numerous journalistic and creative writing awards, which include the Maryland, DC Press Association and Society of Professional Journalist Award, and “The NAACP’s Thurgood Marshall Community Leadership” Award. She is a Baker Awards Finalist and was honored in 2021 by the Patapsco River (MD) Chapter of The Links as a “Valiant Women of Freedom” Honoree for her work in the Arts.

She is a member of the Baltimore County Alumnae Chapter of (BCAC) of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.

Awards include Battle’s selection by “Leah’s Book Club” as one of its 2018 honorees for women making outstanding contributions to their communities. In 2016, she was honored as the Newsome Awards’ “Playwright of the Year.” Playwright Battle is a Staff Writer for The Baltimore Times. She attends New Life Fellowship and is the mother of three children.

She is also a Broadcasting Institute of Maryland Hall of Fame inductee. She recently was honored as the 2016 Newsome Awards’ “Playwright of the Year,” and authored winning essays chosen by Fox 45/WNUV, and The Maryland Daily Record.

She is the oldest daughter of John Battle and Vashtied Battle-Brown. She is the mother of three children Devin, Vashtied (Girlie) and Asha, and has two grandchildren Keon and Tyler. She is the oldest of seven children.

She attends New Life Fellowship Worship Center in Pikesville, MD where Edward Ferguson serves as Pastor. She serves on the church’s Drama, Welcome, and Prison ministries.

Her favorite scripture is "For walk by faith, not by sight." (2 Corinthians 5:7 KJV)