Nissy Aya

(Nissy; she/ze/we)

Dramaturg, Fat Ham

OSF debut. Off-Broadway: Chiaroscuro, National Black Theatre; Jordans, Public Theater; Bernarda’s Daughters, The New Group, National Black Theatre; shadow/land, Public Theater; Amani, National Black Theatre, Rattlestick Theater; sandblasted, Vineyard Theater, WP; Semblance, New York Theatre Workshop. Off-Off Broadway: TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever, JACK. Regional: Gatsby, A.R.T. International: Nova, Pemberley Productions, Royal Lyceum Theatre. Black Femme from the Bronx telling stories and tall tales—while helping others to do the same. Cultural worker committed to healing justice, rehearsing the revolution, and practices of feeling good. Lecturer at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. Core Facilitator with artEquity. Proud board member of Andre Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice in New Orleans.