Sophiyaa Nayar
About
Sophiyaa Nayar is from New Delhi, India. Most recently, she directed Love in The Time of Jonestown: A Radio Play by Omer Abbas Salem (New Coordinates), Shakuntala by Lavina Jadhwani (Future Labs, Goodman Theatre). She is a 3Arts Make a Wave grant winner, member of the Women’s Project Lab 2020-22, an ensemble member with Definition Theatre, member of Director's Lab Chicago 2017, and was a resident in Milwaukee Rep’s 2017/18 season. She was part of the SDC Foundation’s Observership Class, through which she worked on Soft Power by Jeanine Tesori and David Henry Hwang at The Public. Other credits include: Good Years by Ada Alozie (Definition Theatre), Being Julia Roberts by Omer Abbas Salem (Jackalope Theatre), MLK Project by Yolanda Androzzo (Writers Theatre), EthiopianAmerica By Sam Kabede (Definition Theatre) which won BTA and Jeff awards. Upcoming: Movement Live (Meany center, Lincoln Center, NYU Abu Dhabi), Plural (Love) by Jen Goma and Haruna Lee (short film, WP and Ma-Yi theatre). sophiyaanayar.net
*Bio as of January 2022
With Definition
Good Years (Amplify Series One)
