Nadia Sepsenwol (she/they) is a Russian Jewish writer/performer living in New York City, whose work is about the intersection of trauma and identity. Her most recent full-length play Insomnia was recently workshopped with the Brooklyn-based theatre company Antimatter Collective, and she worked as writer’s assistant to the Guggenheim Award winning playwright David Adjmi.
As an actor, her performance in Emmy-award winning filmmaker Eddie Lebron’s indie sci fi film Sandbox garnered her a Best Actress award at the Long Island International Film Expo, and she has worked with theatre companies such as The Public Theater and Classic Stage Company. She wrote and stars in the short film Photoluminescence, which will be released in festivals in 2021. She has a BA in Comparative Literature from The University of Virginia and an MFA in Acting from Columbia University School of the Arts, and has a tattoo of a mustachioed octopus on her right shoulder.