About
Amita (she/her) is a writer and actor based in Brooklyn.
She is currently a member of The Public Theatre’s Emerging Writers Group, 2023-2025, where she is currently developing her play, Birth of a Mother.
She participated in the Restorative Story Writers Workshop at The Barrow Group (2020-2022) under the direction of Seth Barrish. She then performed at the Solo Development Series at The Barrow Group.
She hails from rural Iowa and Metro Detroit, was educated entirely in public schools, and raised with that South-Asian immigrant flavor. The generational impact of the South Asian diaspora, hope and transformation are driving forces in her work.
contact: amitasharma@gmail.com