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Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing

Uma Paranjpe is an Indian-American actor, playwright, and teaching artist from the SF Bay Area. Uma most recently appeared as Pi to close the Broadway run of Life of Pi at the Schoenfeld Theater. OSF debut! Off-Broadway: Short Stack (Ma-Yi), tango of a crumbling wall (Teatro Latea). Regional: Life of Pi (American Repertory Theater), Queen (Theatreworks Silicon Valley) Nerve (TWSV), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Catskill Mountain Shakes), Twelfth Night (CMS). Film: Beast (Tribeca New Voices), King Lahiri (Amazon Prime). As a playwright, Uma’s work has been seen at Moxie Arts, New Perspectives Theater Company, and as part of The Tank’s 7x7 play festival. Uma currently teaches at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York City, and out of her home in Brooklyn. BFA Musical Theatre: University of Miami. umaparanjpe.com | @superumapuma