Dhaya Lakshminarayanan was named Best Comedian 2013 in the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s “Best of the Bay” Readers’ Poll. Comedy Central Asia crowned her the Grand Prize Winner of “The Ultimate Comedy Challenge” (2013). Her list of credits include the Bridgetown Comedy Festival (2013), SF Sketchfest (2013, 2012), the Boston […]
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Dhaya Lakshminarayanan is a storyteller, appearing on NPR’s Snap Judgment live show as well as on the radio and podcast show half a dozen times. She has appeared on The Risk podcast Live in Austin, and is the grand prize winner of ON24’s “Best Travel Disaster Story.” She is currently […]
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The Desi Comedy Festival is the only South Asian Comedy Festival in America.The Festival is based in The Bay Area and features shows in San Francisco, Sacramento, Oakland, Pleasanton and Sunnyvale. The comedians in the festival have been featured on Comedy Central, CONAN, Last Comic Standing, Comedy Time TV, CNN, […]
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Nerd Nation returns in November! The Exit Theatre is sponsoring a run of the play (9 shows over 3 weeks). Dhaya is the playwright and the solo actor of “Nerd Nation” a one-person show about nerds. The Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center and San Franscisco Arts Commission have generously provided […]
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Dhaya Lakshminarayanan is an on-camera host. The premiere year of the PBS series, High School Quiz Show, which she hosted won an Emmy. She has appeared in commercials for Amgen, AARP, and Adobe. She has performed on KQED and covered the 2008 election for KMVT. She has appeared on viral […]
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Opening for Janeane Garofalo in July was amazing!
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