Velani Dibba is an LA-based director and multidisciplinary artist of Gambian-Tongan descent. Her work focuses on collisions of culture through design-focused and ensemble-driven pieces.

Velani is an Inaugural Fellow at the Laboratory for Global Performance & Politics in Washington D.C., as well as a former Global Cultural Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, a co-founding member of The SuperGeographic Ensemble Theatre, and a former SITI Company Artistic Associate. Her work has been reported on by The New York Times, Vulture, The Scotsman, and various other outlets. Select credits include Pride and Prejudice (The Dramat at Yale Repertory Theatre), we need your listening (New Ohio Theatre Ice Factory Festival), Apologies to the Bengali Lady (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Tank NYC, The Gathering), I Pledge Allegiance (UNESCO International Theatre Festival and World Congress, TCG National Conference), and Space Odyssey (Columbia School of the Arts).

MFA Directing, Columbia University. BSFS International Relations, Georgetown University.