Welcome to A QISSAA with Ishika, Quintessential and Inspiring Stories of South Asian Artists.
My guest today is Snehal Desai, the Producing Artistic Director of East West Players, the nation's premier Asian-American theater company and one of the longest-running theaters of color in the US. Snehal has worked as a freelance director working across the United States and the UK. He is a member of the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition (APAMC) and serves on the boards of the Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists (CAATA) and Theater Communications Group (TCG). As an artistic leader, he has sought to raise awareness on social issues that affect Angelenos by personalizing them through storytelling. A Soros Fellow and recipient of a Tanne Award, Desai was in the Inaugural Class of Theatre Communications Group’s “Spark” Leadership Program. He was also the Inaugural Recipient of the Drama League’s Classical Directing Fellowship. Snehal is on the faculty of USC's graduate program in Arts Leadership where he teaches Executive Arts Leadership. Snehal is a graduate of Emory University and the Yale School of Drama.
