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Amrita Dhaliwal, she/her/hers, is a Punjabi American comedian and devising artist based in Los Angeles. Her work explores the core themes of humanity, like death and love, through a lens of the current political climate. A few highlights include The Living Room, a comedy about death and grief, which one Best Comedy at the 2019 Melbourne Fringe Festival, she's an ensemble member of The Murge, which FLAUNT described as "…a comedy that is so far past stupid that it becomes nonsensically compelling", she's the creator and producer of the hit LA show, Indian Wedding, featured in LA Weekly as “Top 15 Things to do in LA”, and more. Beyond the stage, most recently Amrita co-authored and curated an essay series for HowlRound about clown and activism with Nathaniel Justiniano of Naked Empire Bouffon Company. As an educator, Amrita has taught with BlackBox Acting, the Idiot Workshop, and more. She is currently the Managing Director of the Idiot Workshop in Los Angeles and an Adjunct Lecturer in Comedy at University of Southern California. Amrita is also a co-founder of Operation Project, a creative activist group based in the Los Angeles clown community. She is currently on the board for Clowns Without Borders, and a Hospital Clown.