Amrita Ramanan joined Double Edge Theatre in 2013 as their Associate Producer, where she maintains Double Edge’s mission of creating a living culture through her work in community engagement, development, and outreach. Prior to her position as Associate Producer, Amrita held the titles of Artistic Associate/Literary manager at Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.), School Programs Intern at the Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington, D.C.), and wore a number of hats at the Great River Shakespeare Festival (Winona, MN), where she worked in education, outreach, publicity, and marketing during her four-season tenure. For two years, Amrita served as an adjudicator for the D.C. Commission of Arts and Humanities Larry Neal Writer’s Competition and as a script reader for the Playwrights’ Center. In 2013, she pursued an independent research project through the India Foundation for the Arts where she documented 20 interviews with South Indian theater artists and ensembles on their practices, methodologies and visions for the future. A West Coast native, Amrita received a B.F.A in Dramaturgy and Theater History from the University of Arizona in Tucson.