Nandita Dinesh

Nandita Dinesh holds a PhD in drama from the University of Cape Town in South Africa and an MA in performance studies from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Focused on the role that theater and writing can play during and after violent conflict, Nandita has conducted community-based theater projects in Kashmir, India, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, and Zimbabwe. She has written multiple books about her work and in 2017 she was awarded the Elliott Hayes...See more

Nandita Dinesh holds a PhD in drama from the University of Cape Town in South Africa and an MA in performance studies from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Focused on the role that theater and writing can play during and after violent conflict, Nandita has conducted community-based theater projects in Kashmir, India, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, and Zimbabwe. She has written multiple books about her work and in 2017 she was awarded the Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy by Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas. This Place That Place is her first novel. See less