Olisa Enrico is an artist, educator and administrator who engages the unique power of art to cultivate community and culture. Olisa spent her childhood writing music and performing, traversing genres and rooted in hip hop as her primary form of expression. She branched out to theater and found passion for the power of story to reveal and heal. A performing artist who prioritizes connection to emotional, spiritual and cultural truth, Olisa writes, produces and performs in a multidimensional magical manifestation of each moment. 

She earned her BFA in Theatre Performance Magna Cum Laude and an MFA in Theatre Pedagogy with a dual focus in Both Acting/Directing and Voice/Speech from Virginia Commonwealth University. 

Olisa is the first of five certified practitioners in the use of Ritual Poetic Drama Within the African Continuum. She is also a certified practitioner of Acting and Singing with Archetypes.

Olisa is the Founder and Executive Director of www.Asetheatre.org, a collective of Black Womxn artists whose mission is to engage the community in the art of storytelling through cultural practice and performance. Olisa provides performances, professional development, curriculum development, consultations and workshops through her business

Olisa believes that artists and art are vital to the state of culture and society. She shares her soul through performance and cultural practice. She  engages collaboration, in relationship, and community.