Anu Yadav is a critically-acclaimed actress, playwright, and cultural worker. She has performed at venues including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Studio Safdar in Delhi, India and the National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Beijing, China. She wrote and performed the solo plays 'CAPERS and MEENA'S DREAM, the children's play THE PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER: A BOLLYWOOD TALE, co-founded the storytelling project CLASSLINES and was featured in the documentaries CHOCOLATE CITY, WALK WITH ME, and media outlets such as The Washington Post, The Crisis, and MTV.  She was 2019-2020 Creative Strategist Artist-in-Residence with the Los Angeles County Government Department of Mental Health.  She is a member of the Actor’s Equity Association, Alternate ROOTS, the Center for Performance and Civic Practice, the Dramatists Guild, Network of Ensemble Theaters and the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and holds an M.F.A. in Performance from University of Maryland, College Park. She is a Senior Annenberg Innovation Lab Senior Civic Media Fellow. You can visit her website at www.anuyadav.com.