Anita Majumdar is a South Asian-Canadian playwright, actor, and classically trained Indian dancer. She is an acting graduate from the National Theatre School of Canada and currently an MA candidate at York University. In addition to being the 2013 recipient of Canada’s Governor General Protégé Prize in Playwriting, Anita is also the ongoing playwright-in-residence at Nightswimming, Toronto’s only mandated theatre company committed to new play development.