A Manhattan-based playwright, performer, and writer, Sandhi Smalls Santini is the author of  SH+AGUAR, The Night Huntress  (Vanguard Press/Pegasus Publishers, Ltd.); and EDISTO ISLAND: Seaside Stories From A Geechee Gal. Born on Edisto Island, South Carolina, USA,  Sandhi (aka Sandra L. Smalls) received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism & Theatre Arts from prestigious Howard University, Washington, DC, with subsequent studies in human rights from Columbia University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, NYC.  She is a member of The League of Professional Theatre Women; Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television & Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA); Harlem Tourism Board; and Society for the Preservation of Theatrical History. Her writings have been published in The Columbia University Newsletter of the Institute of African Studies; Class Magazine; The Charleston Chronicle Newspaper.; and Routes Magazine: A Guide To African American Culture. Sandhi has headlined as a cabaret singer throughout Europe, the USA, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa. Her original one-woman show, Eartha--From Cotton To Caviar,  inspired by the life and times of the legendary Eartha Kitt, has had numerous return engagements at a variety of Manhattan venues.