Mekala Sridhar is a DC based theatre director, playwright, and producer. In the past, she has worked in artistic and producorial capacities at theatres like Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, Mosaic Theatre Company, Solas Nua, Studio Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Blindspot Collective, Cleveland Play House, and the National Alliance for Musical Theatre.Her directing credits include A Wake At Singh's (workshop) at Prologue Theatre, Hakawatis (reading) at Solas Nua, Salome and 10708 at Sarah Lawrence College and (re)Move West at Accademia Dell'Arte. Select associate directing credits include Public Obscenities at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Theatre For A New Audience, Metamorphoses and Twelfth Night (upcoming) at Folger Theatre. Mekala’s artmaking is grounded in creating radically inclusive, collaborative work, with a central on transforming the institutions she engages with into more equitable, community-centered spaces. Mekala holds a BA in Theatre, Literature, and Psychology from Sarah Lawrence College and received additional training from Moscow Art Theatre School and Accademia dell’Arte.