SELECTED WRITTEN WORK
The Misfit (January 2008) - Vancouver PuSh Festival/ Mark Cassidy
Skin Burn(t) (May 2008) - Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People/ Nina Lee-Aquino
Aisha n’ Ben (May 2006) - Playwrights’ Theatre Centre/ Heidi Taylor
Dave-Das (March 2006) - Tarragon Theatre Writer’s Unit
Fish Eyes (June 2005) - Theatre Passe Muraille / Gregory Prest
One Last Gift (Sept. 2002-Feb. 2003) - NTS/ Dramaturgy by Kate Schlemmer
DIRECTING/DRAMATURGY
Love Child (Jan. 2001-Apr.2001) - UBC/ Aaron Bushkowski
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2006 Premier McGuinty Award (Toronto- Win) - Contribution to South Asian Performing Arts
2006 Dora Mavor Moore Award (Toronto-Nom.) - Outstanding Choreography/Fish Eyes
SELECTED TRAINING
National Theatre School of Canada - 3 Year Professional Acting Program (2001-04)
-Voice/Dialect - Susan Stackhouse/ /Alex Bulmer/Julia Lenardon
-Singing - Linda Morrison
-Butoh/Yoga/Authentic Movement - Tedi Tafel/Judith Koltai-Peavy/Leslie Baker/ Sherry Lee Hunter
-AlexanderMovement - Steven Glassman/Malcolm Balk
-Combat - Jean-Francois Gagnon
-Jeu/Clown - Ann-Marie Kerr-Black/Francine Cote
-Shakespearean/Classical Text Analysis - Kate Blythe/ Sandra Nichols /Leslie O’Dell
-Contemporary Scene Study - Yanna McIntosh
-Mask - Brian Dooley
-Physical Theatre - Ker Wells/Karin Randoja
-Chorus - Jill Keiiley
-Writing - Kate Schlemmer/John Lazarus/Pamela Hawthorne
University of British Columbia - Theatre, English, South Asian Languages Degree (1997-01)
Japanese Noh Theatre - Kathy Lanky
Scene Study - Charlie Siegal, Christine Willis
Shakespeare First Folio - Neil Freeman
Directing/Dramaturging - Kate Weiss
Basic Camera - Bruce Clayton/Proactors Lab (July-Aug.2005)
Mask/Clown - Sonya Norris/Kevin Milsip (1995 – 96)