EDUCATION & TRAINING B.A. in American Studies, Urban Studies, and Theatre St. Paul, Minnesota Macalester College, 2016 Mendoza, Argentina National University of Cuyo, 2014
Ananya Dance Theatre St. Paul, Minnesota Dancer, 2016 - 2020
Yin Tang Dance Company Cleveland, Ohio Dancer, 2005 - 2011
AWARDS Many Voices Mentorship, The Playwrights' Center, 2017-18 Creative Changemakers Apprenticeship, The DIAL Group 2016-17 American Studies Award for Creativity and Social Responsibility, Macalester College, 2016
ACTING (REPRESENTATIVE ROLES) 2013-2021
Motherlanded (Gay), Director: Julia Gay, Dreamland Arts (2019) Director: Sun Mee Chomet, Pangea World Theater (2016) Role: One-woman show
Monkeybear New Puppetworks Show (Benne), Director: Benjamin Benne, Monkeybear's Harmolodic Workshop, Role: puppeteer
Sensitive Guys (Kaufman), Directors: Noel Raymond and Kat Purcell, Mixed Blood (staged reading) Role: Amy/Pete
Lightning Rod, Director: Keila Anali Saucedo, Patrick's Cabaret Role: Bel, Alien C & D, Parts, Electron
at the very bottom of a body of water (Benne), Director: Marcela Lorca, Playwright’s Center (residency & public reading) Role: Lela The Funny 2017, Directors: Akiko Ostlund and Andi Cheney with support from Jenny Moeller Raw Sugar Role: Self/Ensemble
Promise Land (conceived by Diogo Lopes, devised by the Ensemble), Directors: Isabel Nelson and Diogo Lopes Transatlantic Love Affair Role: Ensemble member
Where the Earth Meets Sky (Edyka Chilomé, Ariana Cook, and Vanessa Mercado Taylor), Director: Dipankar Mukherjee, Pangea World Theater (residency & reading) Role: Seewu/Ayah/Soldadera
green - an elegy to summer (Kreitzer), Director: Harry Waters Jr., Playwright’s Center (residency & public reading), Macalester Mainstage (full production) Role: Andromeda, Mag
Fostering Voice (devised by the Irreducible Grace Foundation ensemble), Director: Jan Mandell, Park Square Theater Role: Self/Ensemble
Vagina Monologues (Ensler), Macalester MacPlayers Role: My Angry Vagina
The Dark Room (Williams), Macalester Black Box Theater Role: Mrs. Pocciotti
Rowing to America- The Immigrant Project (Chen), Director: Mohamed Samatar, Macalester Black Box Theater Role: Girl
Hip Hop Hopes: What's Going On? (devised by the ensemble), Director: Harry Waters Jr., Macalester Mainstage Role: Self/Ensemble
DANCING 2013-2021
"Waning Crescent" (Julia Gay and Jarrelle Barton), 2021 Midwest Mixed Conference, Minneapolis Institute of Art Role: Dancer
Sutrajāl: Revelations of Gossamer(Ananya Chatterjea), Ananya Dance Theatre, The O’Shaughnessy Role: Dancer/Company Member
Shaatranga: Women Weaving Worlds (Ananya Chatterjea), Ananya Dance Theatre, The O’Shaughnessy, India Habitat Centre (New Delhi, India), Pragjyoti International Dance Festival (Guwahati, India), Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ), Dance Place (Washington D.C.), John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI), and Kelly Strayhorn Theater (Pittsburgh, PA) Role: Dancer/Company Member
Shyamali: Sprouting Words (Ananya Chatterjea), Ananya Dance Theatre, The O’Shaughnessy, Utah Presents (Salt Lake City, UT), and Dance Center (Chicago, IL) Role: Dancer/Company Member
"Just Breathe" (Ananya Chatterjea), Ananya Dance Theatre, Northern Spark 2017 Role: Dancer / Company Member
Horidraa: Golden Healing (Ananya Chatterjea), Ananya Dance Theatre, The O’Shaughnessy Role: Dancer / Apprentice
"BRINK" (Julia Gay & John Stark), Macalester College Mainstage Role: Dancer / Co-choreographer
"Comforts" (Laura Levinson), American College Dance Association: Midwest Role: Dancer
"Come Home to the Heart" (Patricia Brown), Macalester College Mainstage Role: Dancer
TEACHING & WORKSHOPS 2015-2021
Teaching Artist & Healer, "By Us, For Us: Asian American Healing Series" Pan-Asian Voices for Equity - Minnesota (PAVE-MN) June 2021
Co-facilitator, "Finding Your Community: Navigating Imposter Syndrome" 2021 KAAN Virtual Conference June 2021
Teaching Artist Stepping Stone Theatre January 2019 - August 2019 Teaching Artist, "The Great Isla Tuliro Bake Off" Pangea World Theater April 2018
Ananya Dance Theatre Teaching Artist, Guest Artist Residency Young Dance November 2017 - May 2018
Facilitator, "Opening Plenary Program" Tri-State VISTA Conference February 2017
Facilitator, "Poetry Mural Workshop" Families with Children from Asia Midwest Conference September 2016
Facilitator, International Roundtable: "Arts Literacy: Transformative Education Through Empowering Youth Voice" Macalester College September 2015
Teaching Artist, Creative Writing Creative Arts High School January – May 2015
PLAYWRITING 2016-2021 A Slipping Joy (Gay), Director: Hayley Finn, Playwrights’ Center (public reading) Role: Playwright
Motherlanded (Gay), Director: Sun Mee Chomet, Pangea World Theater Role: Playwright & Performer
STAND-UP COMEDY 2017-2021
Performed at variety shows and open mics including The Funny 2017, Mother Goose's Bedtime Stories, Vector 8, Stand-Up for RAINN, Uproar Comedy Open Mic (headliner), PSSY CTRL, Who Is She, the UNCS Comedy Showcase, the Shui Family Meal, the Pay Gap Comedy Couch Tour and the LIVE Pay Gap Comedy & Music Festival.
FILM 2020-2021
Motherland (Ryan Stopera), The SEAD Project, Mid-Autumn Film Festival 2021 (Minneapolis, MN) Role: Dancer
Dastak – The Film (Darren Johnson), Ananya Dance Theatre, Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema 2021 (Colorado Springs, CO), London International Screen Dance Festival 2021 (London, England), Northrop Film Series 2021 (Minneapolis, MN) Awarded Best Social Justice Film by Silk Road Film Awards Canne 2021 Role: Dancer
SERVICE ACTIVITIES Panelist, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (Arts Learning), 2020 Panelist, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (Arts Learning), 2019 Panelist, Minnesota State Arts Board's (Artist Initiative Theater), 2018 Panelist, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (Community Arts), 2018