Film and Television
Laugh It Up, Chicago! Principal Independent Feature
“Last Comic Standing 4” Regional Finalist NBC Television Series
“Girls Behaving Badly” Regional Finalist The Oxygen Network
“General Motors Experience” Principal Industrial Film
“Eviction Court (IL Legal Aid)” Judge’s Clerk Industrial Film
Stand-up Comedy Clubs and Festivals
The Icehouse Annex Pasadena, CA
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago, IL
Joe’s on Weed St. Chicago, IL Part of the Miller Lite Comedy Series
The Park West Chicago, IL
The Black Orchid Chicago, IL
The Comedy Studio Boston, MA
Halsted St. market Days Chicago, IL
Midwest Womyn’s Autumnfest Dekalb, IL
Funny Women Fest Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
Chicago Improv Festival Chicago, IL
Cracker’s Comedy Club Indianpolis, IL
Comedy Off-Broadway Lexington, KY
Comedy Caravan Louisville, KY
Cigars and Stripes Berwyn, IL
Stargaze Chicago, IL
The Elevated Chicago, IL
The Lincoln Lodge Chicago, IL
The Map Room Chicago, IL
Girlbar Chicago, IL
Bear’s Place Chicago, IL
“It’s She Thang” The Ivanhoe Theater
Chicago, IL
Colleges
DePaul University Chicago, IL
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL
University of Wisconsin Stout, WI
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL
Purdue University West Lafayette, IN
Columbia College Chicago, IL
Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL
Corporate and Non-profit Clients
  • The United Way
  • Gay Games VII
  • Mid-America Bank
  • Merrill Lynch
  • Mujeres Latinas en Accion
  • Astrea
  • Amigas Latinas
  • Equality Illinois
  • South Asian Progressive Action Collective (SAPAC)
  • Chicago Foundation for Women
Theater Experience
RASAKA AND PROP THTR
Director: Anish Jethmalani		 MASRAYANA DARVATI, BANK OFFICER
AMERICAN THEATER COMPANY
(Awaken Productions)		 half life Dr. Shastri, Juanita, Press Member
STEPPENWOLF THEATER
Director: Frank Galati		 HOMEBODY/KABUL MAHALA (understudy)
ST. SEBASTIAN PLAYERS TWELFTH NIGHT FABIAN
BAILIWICK REPERTORY
Director: Rick Najera		 LATINOLOGUES MANIC HISPANIC/PAQUITO
CHAMBER THEATER (NATIONAL TOUR)
Producer: Spring Sirkin		 FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER MADELINE
CHAMBER THEATER OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE NARRATOR/WIFE
CHAMBER THEATER THE MOUSE BLIND LADY
CHAMBER THEATER THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF RED CHIEF
CIRCLE THEATER SUBURBIAR PAKEEZA
PEGASUS PLAYERSR YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTR UNDERSTUDY
THE IVANHOE THEATER
Director: Page HearnR		 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAMR TITANIA/HIPPOLYTA
COMEDYSPORTZ CHICAGO PLAYER FROM 1997-1999
IMPROVOLYMPIC PLAYER FROM 1998-1999
Special Skills
Dialects of East Indian, Arabic, Chicano, Russian, Brooklyn, Italian, and Standard British. Some fluency in Hindi.
Training
  • B.A. in Theater with an Acting Concentration, Purdue University
  • Folio Technique at Chicago Shakespeare Theater with Kevin Gudahl
  • Improv at ImprovOlympic with Del Close
  • Workshop at the Second City with Martin DeMaat

Calendar

Not Currently Touring


CONTACT

FOR STAND-UP COMEDY PERFORMANCES AND AUDITIONS: Phone: (773) 320-6291 | Email: sapna@funnyindianlady.com

FOR ON-CAMERA: The Geddes Agency | Phone: 312-787-8333