Nikki Mirza
she/her
Playwright, Director, Educator, Deviser, Dance/Movement Choreographer, Intimacy Choreographer
Asian, Woman/Femme, South Asian / Indian
AEA
Washington DC
I am a South Asian American director, choreographer, performer, playwright, and educator based in D.C. (by way of sunny Southern California).
Whether I’m staging a musical or developing a new play, physicality is my language. Every gesture, breath, and beat is rooted in storytelling. My work explores the intersection of form and content in bold, embodied ways, and I’m especially drawn to stories that center women as full, complex beings across cultures and generations.
In the room, it is my priority to build joyful, respectful spaces where collaboration can thrive. We’re making theatre, so let’s leave the “tension” in the dance moves.
Want to chat more? I’m always up for a conversation over tea or ice cream.
Credits
Director
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show (Imagination Stage)
this play isn't about brian (The Kennedy Center), Abeba in the Tall Grass (La Jolla Playhouse), Constellations (Constellation Theatre Company), Every Brilliant Thing (Nextstop Theatre Company), 9 to 5 (American University)
Choreographer
King John (STCA), fire work (Theater Alliance), The Snowman and The Snowdog (Imagination Stage), Ink (Olney/Round House CoPro, Helen Hayes Nominated Outstanding Choreo), Dance Nation (Olney), Hester Street (Theater J), Desperate Measures (Constellation Theatre Company), Matilda (Nextstop Theatre Company), Cinderella (Creede Rep), As You Like It (American University), Freaky Friday (Catholic University), Secret Things (1st Stage)
Director/Choreographer
Little Miss Perfect (Olney Theatre Center), Kinky Boots (Weathervane Playhouse), 9 to 5 (Weathervane Playhouse)
AD
Yoko's Husband's Killers Japanese Wife, Gloria (NAMT), Bhangin' It (La Jolla Playhouse), Christmas in Connecticut (Goodspeed Musicals), Sweeney Todd (Signature Theatre), School for Lies (Constellation Theatre Company)
Intimacy Choreography
fire work (Theater Alliance), Craigslisted (Nu Sass), Orlando (Georgetown University), Freaky Friday (Catholic University)"
INK, Olney Theatre Center and Round House Theatre Co Production