Nayna Agrawal

Featured in Variety's "100 Writers to Watch" (2015), Nayna is a former NYC analyst, a former DC policy writer, a former international aid director, and a former touring dancer. Nayna is an alumna of the Unlock Her Potential Mentorship Program (2022), The Salon initiative (2021), Disney ABC TV Writers Program (2019) and the Sesame Street Writers Program (2018). She has written for Disney, ABC, Netflix, DreamWorks, Mattel and won a development deal with Sesame Street. Recent credits include ABC’s THE BAKER AND THE BEAUTY, Disney’s ENCANTO, an upcoming Disney film, and a Netflix live-action YA fantasy show. Her plays have been staged and produced in numerous cities including: New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and Chicago. She is the recipient of an East West Players playwright scholarship, a Moving Arts Theater playwright fellowship and Hawaii’s Kuma Kahua Theatre’s playwright award. In 2023, her plays will be presented at the Signature Theater in DC (June 5), StudioTenn in Nashville (Feb 6) and The Great Plains Theatre Conference in Omaha (May 27-June 4). Raised in Virginia and India, Nayna has studied five languages, visited 22 countries, and worked across four industries. She received her BS in Economics and English at the University of Virginia, and her MFA at Northwestern University.