Vaibu Mohan

Vaibu Mohan

Vaibu Mohan (she/her/hers) is an Indian-American writer, singer, songwriter, dancer, and storyteller currently based in Brooklyn. Vaibu began her journey has a Bharatanatyam dancer (South Indian classical dancer) and Carnatic vocalist. She gained a deep appreciation for the stories she was told and portrayed as a child through music and dance and her love for storytelling brought her to the world of musical theatre. Vaibu received her BM in musical theatre performance from ASU and is currently receiving her MFA in musical theatre writing at the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program where she met her current collaborator, Raiah Rofsky. As a performer, some of Vaibu’s favorite credits include Franca (Light in the Piazza), Young Wife (Hello Again) and The Witch (Into The Woods). Vaibu credits her first teacher, her mother Srimathy Mohan, has the person who imbued her with the spirit to do it all. Vaibu made her debut as a director at ASU with the show Fly By Night and has credits as a leader producer on The Color Cabaret (ASU) and Zoom For The Holidays, a show with all original music crafted for the 2020 holiday season. Vaibu is dedicated to creating anti-racist theatre pieces which highlights BIPOC voices and her personal mission is to bring more South Asians into the theatre on stage, backstage, on the creative team, and in the audience. This piece is dedicated to her artistic ancestors who continued to create and tell stories even in the face of adversity. For more information, visit www.vaibumohan.com

Roles

Director/Composer/Lyricist/Book Write/Vasakasajika , Festival of New American Theatre: NAYIKA