Associate Director

Velani
Dibba

(she/her)

Velani Dibba is an LA-based director and multidisciplinary artist. Her work focuses on the collision of cultures through design-focused and ensemble-driven pieces. Select credits include Pride and Prejudice (The Dramat at Yale Repertory Theatre), we need your listening (New Ohio Theatre Ice Factory Festival), Apologies to the Bengali Lady (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Tank NYC, The Gathering), I Pledge Allegiance (UNESCO International Theatre Festival and World Congress, TCG National Conference), Space Odyssey (Columbia School of the Arts). She is an Inaugural Fellow at the Laboratory for Global Performance & Politics in Washington D.C., a former Global Cultural Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, and a former SITI Company Artistic Associate. Her work has been reported on by The New York Times, Vulture, The Scotsman, and various other outlets. M.F.A. Columbia University, B.S.F.S. Georgetown School of Foreign Service. Upcoming: Don’t Touch My Hair at IAMA Theatre Company.