Nandita Shenoy is a New York-based actor-playwright who enjoys hearing an audience laugh. Recent productions include "The Future Is Female..." (Wilde Award for Best Comedy) at Flint Rep and "Esspy" at NJ Rep. Her "Rage Play," (2020 Kilroys List ) received a production at Northern Illinois University after its professional premiere was cancelled by the pandemic in 2020. During the pandemic, she was commissioned to write work for Zoom by Mile Square Theater, Cleveland Play House, Live & In Color, Company One, and the University of Kansas. In Before times, "Satisfaction" received a workshop production at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts as part of its MainStage Live! series. Her play "Washer/Dryer" premiered at East West Players in Los Angeles and was subsequently produced in Chicago by Rasaka Theater and Off-Broadway in New York by Ma-Yi Theater Company. She has another play, "Baby Camp" in development. Her first play, "Lyme Park: An Austonian Romance of an Indian Nature," was produced by theHegira outside Washington, DC. Nandita is the winner of the 2014 Father Hamblin Award in Playwriting for her commissioned one-act, Safe Haven. Other one-acts, Marrying Nandini, By Popular Demand, Rules of Engagement, and A More Perfect Date, have been produced in New York City and regionally. Notable acting credits include World Premiers of Chelsea Marcantel's "Tiny Houses," Adam Szymkowicz's "Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood" and "Mercy," Eric Pfeffinger’s "Some Other Kind of Person," and Richard Dresser’s "Trouble Cometh" as well as a season at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. She is a proud member of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab, the Dorset Theater Festival's Women Artists Writing group, and a member of the Dramatists Guild. Nandita holds a BA in English literature from Yale University.