Shyama Nithiananda

Shyama Nithiananda is a Sri Lankan - American director from Texas and a first-year MFA student. While based in Dallas, Shyama worked as a director, actor, playwright, and taught theatre to high school seniors. She is interested in examining community intersections in her work and how converging communities inform our sense of responsibility to each other. She holds a BFA in Theatre Studies from Southern Methodist University. 

Dallas / Fort Worth directing credits include Lizzie (Theatre Three) and Guards at the Taj (Stage West Theatre).