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p h o t o g a l l e r y
Hero
Much Ado
About Nothing
Snoopy
You're A Good Man,
Charlie Brown!
Jen
The Game
Jane Fairfax
Emma
Ophelia
Hamlet
Narrator
Every Brilliant
Thing
Joanne
RENT
Miss M. Muse / Broadcast Official
The Skin Of Our Teeth
Jo March
Little Women
a b o u t m e
Hi! I'm Sanjana.
Sun like the sky, gin like the drink, and "uh".
I'm a queer, second generation Indian-American artist from the Maryland suburbs who - like any prepubescent young brown girl - fell in love with Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in Bend it Like Beckham and decided right then and there that I would also love to play pretend for the rest of my days if it meant I could stare at Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.
I love sushi (especially on a conveyor belt), otters, and reading the "Did You Know?" sections for every single movie I've ever seen on IMDB. As a Libra sun and moon, I've been known to keep things balanced and collaborative. I'm deeply passionate about works that champion diversity and inclusion in fun and exciting new ways; while also doing my best to keep an activist mindset when approaching any work that I am lucky enough to play with.
On May 11th, 2024, I proudly graduated with my Masters of Fine Arts in Acting from UNC Chapel Hill. This September, I am relocating to New York City and diving headfirst into a brand new chapter of my career.
Thanks for being here! Thanks for reading.
Love,
Sanjana
h e a d s h o t s
by Tanya Young
r e e l s
A scene from Booksmart (2019)
Virginia Theatre Festival's promotional material for Kate Hamill's Little Women
A scene from Two Night Stand (2014)
Scranton Shakespeare Festival's
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown Sizzle Reel (2023)
i n t i m a c y
c h o r e o g r a p h y
Take the guess work out of the "big kiss"
A strong and successful intimacy choreographer is on a creative team to ensure a safe, effective, productive, and collaborative approach to staging intimacy of all kinds - from hand holds to simulated intercourse and everything in between. Like any sort of high energy dance sequence in a splashy musical - staging intimacy is its own choreography that contains its own bevy of nuances; all while taking the boundaries we have as human beings into consideration.
Under the guidance of Chelsea Pace, prolific intimacy choreographer, coordinator, and author of Staging Sex - a guide to best practices when developing staged intimacy work; I have worked to provide an open dialogue of collaboration amongst those on all sides of the table: actors, directors, stage management and producers alike.
Why should staging sex have to be awkward?
Let's break the stereotype - together.
Nina (Talyah Rawls) and Konstantin (Thompson Sewell) share a kiss during a performance of Kenan Theatre Company's The Seagull
Photo by HuthPhoto
u p c o m i n g:
Summer Youth Conservatory Instructor at PlayMakers Repertory Company
June 13th-28th
