Nandita Shenoy is an actor-writer living in New York City.  Most recently, her plays ESSPY premiered at the NJ Repertory Company, and The Future Is Female… premiered at the Flint Repertory Theatre.  Her Washer/Dryer has been produced multiple times across the country including an Off-Broadway run in which she also starred.  Her short plays have been produced nationally and internationally. Shenoy has received the 2014 Father Hamblin Award in Playwriting, a 2018 Mellon Creative Research Fellowship, a 2022 Hermitage Fellowship, and a 2024 Green Box Arts Residency.  She has been commissioned by Cleveland Play House, Ma-Yi Theater, Project Y, the Farm Theater, and Boomerang Theatre.  Acting credits include world premieres of plays by Chelsea Marcantel, Madhuri Shekar, Adam Szymkowicz, Eric Pfeffinger, and Richard Dresser as well as a season at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.  She sits on the Steering Committee of the Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC) which won a Tony Honor for Excellence for its advocacy work.   Member: Ma-Yi Writers’ Lab, waw, Dramatists’ Guild, AEA, and SAG-AFTRA.  BA, Yale University