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  • Deepa Purohit

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    purohitd@newschool.edu

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    Deepa Purohit

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    Deepa is a playwright. She co-founded and ran Rising Circle Theater Collective (www.risingcircle.org) for 12 years (2000-2012), overseeing the development of over 20 plays by writers of color and has been a member of Ma-Yi Theatre Company's Writers Lab since 2014. Deepa currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son. When she’s not writing, she is a voice and speech/communications coach for leaders working for educational equity in our country.

    Playwriting credits include: The In Between w/NAATCO (dir. Aya Ogawa), slated for production in June 2022 in NYC. Mothering: A collection of short form works for performance. Elyria: in partnership with Ma-Yi Theatre Company: 2018 Recipient of NEA ArtWorks Grant & 2018 Jerome Foundation Grant for research, 2018 SPACE on Ryder Farm two-week residency. Crushed Earth: 2017 Recipient of New Play Frontiers Residency and Commission at People’s Light Theatre – co-written w/Sanjit De Silva. M xx - perience (in development) The Wake: 2017 Ma-Yi Writers Lab/Andrew W. Mellon Creative Fellowship Residency at the University of Washington, Ma-Yi Writers Lab Fest 2015. A Valentine: 2017 Kilroys Honorable Mention, Ma-Yi Writers Lab Fest 2017. Have Sari. Will Travel! : Rising Circle’s June 2017 Refinery Workshop, 2016 Lilly Awards Foundation Family Residency at SPACE on Ryder Farm. Flight: Developed in 2011with Rising Circle Theater Collective’s 2011 InkTANK PlayLab. Short plays: LotusMart, Ohio (Desipina Productions 2003), Exiled (2001). Writing w/Sanjit De Silva and Rising Circle: Grace (2010), The American Family Project (2007), Pulling the Lever (2004, Published in Plays and Playwrights 2006, 2004 NYIT Award for Best Ensemble).

    Degrees Held

    Master of Fine Arts, Playwriting, Brooklyn College

    Masters in Public Health, Columbia University

    BA in History/African Studies Northwestern University

    Professional Affiliation

    Ma-Yi Theatre Lab 2014- present

    Member of SAG-AFTRA

    Member of Actors Equity

    Teach For America Alumnus (1992)

    Future Courses

    Writing Studio II
    TPRC 5211, Fall 2025

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