Velani Dibba is an LA-based director and multidisciplinary artist of Tongan-Gambian descent. Her work focuses on the collision of cultures through design-focused and ensemble-driven pieces.

Velani is an Inaugural Fellow at the Laboratory for Global Performance & Politics in Washington DC, a former Global Cultural Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, and one of SITI Company’s last ever Artistic Associates. Her work has been reported on by The New York Times, VULTURE Magazine, The Scotsman, and various other outlets. Select credits include Don’t Touch My Hair (IAMA Theatre Company), Pride and Prejudice (The Dramat at Yale Repertory Theatre), we need your listening (New Ohio Theatre Ice Factory Festival), Apologies to the Bengali Lady (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Tank NYC, The Gathering), I Pledge Allegiance (UNESCO International Theatre Festival and World Congress, TCG National Conference), and Space Odyssey (Columbia School of the Arts).

BSFS Georgetown University School of Foreign Service - Culture & Politics

MFA Columbia University - Directing