/Actor & Producer
Malaysian-Made, Manhattan-based

Shiva Kalaiselvan
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EXPOSURE, A New Play by Laura Zlatos
Directed by Devin Brain
September 2015
We are proud to present Exposure, a world premiere collaboratively devised play inspired by the life and work of photographer Francesca Woodman.
Exposure investigates the many frameworks that define our cultural conceptions of “the Artist.” Fueled by Woodman’s haunting yet playful photographs, this piece analyses the mythologies that inform the concept of the “tortured artist” while exploring the connections these myths have to Woodman’s life.
"There was a girl. An artist. Not me. This girl lived a long time ago..."
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM by William Shakespeare
Directed by Tyne Rafaeli
March 2015
Shiva will be appearing in Classic Stage Company's 2015 Young Company production of A Midsummer Night's Dream as Titania, Queen of the Fairies. The production is especially tailored for young audiences. This unique collaboration with the Graduate Acting Program of Columbia University’s School of the Arts has now grown to reach all five of New York City’s boroughs, introducing nearly 20,000 young people to the power of live theatre since its inception.
FEN by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Osheen Jones
October 2014
Columbia University MFA Acting Class of 2015 will present its thesis production, LIGHT (Dir. Brian Kulick) and FEN (Dir. Osheen Jones) from Oct. 1 - 11, 2014 at the East 13th Street Theatre. Shiva will be joining the rest of her classmates in FEN, and is honoured to be playing Val.