kaelani burja
​​she/her

intern 2020-2022

KAELANI BURJA s a Chicana dramaturg, performer, and researcher from Guam and Bakersfield, California.
Assistant Director: Spindle Shuttle Needle (Clubbed Thumb), La Paloma Prisoner workshop (Chelsea Factory), PAPILUCHO reading (Ensemble Studio Theatre), upcoming: bull-jean/we wake (Pillsbury House + Theatre), Daniel Alexander Jones residency (McCarter). Dramaturg: SolFest 2020-2022 (Sol Project), O.K.!  reading (The Artist Co-Op), PAPILUCHO. Other: El Corrido de California reading (PA, Roundabout), Harlem Hellfighters on a Latin Beat reading (PA, Pregones/PRTT), This Beautiful Future (Wardrobe Sub, Cherry Lane), Expand the Canon Research + Reading Committees (Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre), Fornés in Context editorial assistant and contributor (Cambridge University Press, 2024). Education: Princeton University 2023. She is  a recent recipient of the Dale Fellowship, which she will use to travel to Guam, California and New York to research, write and perform an original play about her mother’s life.