Pooja Chawla is a Playwright, Actress, and Theater Educator who hails from DC, but is currently living in LA. She’s most recently known for her short play An Altered State with Double Take Actor’s Collective performed at IAMA Theatre. Ms. Chawla also has many notable list of credits on the DC stage such as her role as Marianna in What It Means To Choke at Keegan Theatre and Fatima in the remount version of The Princess and The Pauper at Imagination Stage. She’s also dabbled in film and can be seen in the South Asian shorts Chol and Satapadi. When she’s not writing or acting, Pooja teaches youth how to improve their reading, writing, and presentation skills via improv and playwriting. Last, but certainly not least, Pooja is excited to join this year’s team of Jurors at the DC South Asian Film Festival.
